Maxine Waters Denies GOP Staff Member Disclosures of Senators' Data and Denounces "Dangerous Lies" and "Conspiracy Theories"



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US Representative Maxine Waters on Saturday denounced allegations that a member of her staff posted the personal information of three US Republican senators on the legislators' Wikipedia pages.

The Los Angeles Democrat said the claims were relayed by experts and "far right" websites.

"More lies, lies and lies," Waters said in a statement posted on Twitter.

Published information included home addresses and phone numbers of US Sense Lindsey Graham, of South Carolina, and Mike Lee and Orrin Hatch, both of Utah.

The information was posted online Thursday by a stranger to Capitol Hill at a Senate committee hearing on allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

The leak came some time after the three senators questioned Kavanaugh.

Conservative sites such as Gateway Pundit and RedState reported that the IP address that identifies the source of the messages was associated with the Waters office and published information from a Waters staff member, Hill reported.

"This unfounded allegation is completely false and an absolute lie," added Waters. "The member of my staff – whose identity, personal information and security were compromised the leak of this information."

"This unfounded allegation is completely false and constitutes an absolute lie. The member of my staff – whose identity, personal information and security were compromised as a result of these fraudulent and false allegations – was in no way responsible for the leak of this information. "

– US Representative Maxine Waters, D-Calif.

Waters' statement quickly prompted online criticism, including former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer.

"This negation is angry," Fleischer wrote. "This suggests that she does not have the temperament necessary to be a member of Congress.When someone is accused of something that he did not do, he must not They must not be angry, they must not be provocative, they must not question the motives of the accuser, they must be calm and serene. "

Fleischer compared Waters 'reaction to Democrats' criticism of Judge Kavanaugh, who was accused by critics of being too angry at Thursday's hearing.

Omar Navarro, a Republican candidate to dislodge Waters in the midterm elections, also reflected on Twitter.

"Great if true," he tweeted.

In his statement, Waters said his office had alerted "the relevant authorities and law enforcement entities of these fraudulent claims.

"We will ensure that the perpetrators are revealed," she continued, "and that they will be held legally responsible for all their destructible and dangerous acts for all members of my staff."

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