Conservative strategist takes leave of absence after controversy over Kavanaugh tweets
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Date: September 23, 2018 08:36PM
Conservative strategist Ed Whelan will be taking a “leave of absence” from the Ethics and Public Policy Center after he suggested Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, misidentified her attacker.
The organization's board said in a statement obtained by CNN that Whelan, the president of the organization, initially offered to resign following backlash prompted by his series of tweets seeking to cast doubt on Ford’s allegations.
But the organization decided that Whelan would instead take a leave of absence and that the board will review the situation again in the coming month.