Hillary Clinton reportedly shielded a top adviser who was accused of sexual harassment during her 2008 campaign Eliza Relman
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- A senior adviser to Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign was kept on the campaign team at Clinton’s request after he was accused of sexually harassing a young aide.
- Burns Strider was Clinton’s faith adviser and was later fired from his position at Correct the Record, an independent pro-Clinton group, for alleged harassment.
A senior adviser to Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign was kept on the campaign team at Clinton’s request after he was accused of sexually harassing a young aide, The New York Times reported Friday.
Four sources with knowledge of the situation told The Times that Clinton’s campaign manager recommended that the adviser, Burns Strider, be removed from the campaign, but Strider instead underwent counseling and received reduced pay for several weeks. The young woman was moved to a different position.
Strider was Clinton’s faith adviser, a co-founder of the American Values Network, and personally sent Clinton daily scriptures for several months during her first presidential bid. Five years after the campaign, he was selected to lead Correct the Record, an independent pro-Clinton group, and was fired after allegations that he sexually harassed a young female staffer there.
Clinton’s legal representatives did not deny the harassment allegations or reporting that Clinton rejected the advice of her campaign manager in their statement to The Times.
“To ensure a safe working environment, the campaign had a process to address complaints of misconduct or harassment. When matters arose, they were reviewed in accordance with these policies, and appropriate action was taken,” the statement said. “This complaint was no exception.”
The Times said that former Clinton associates had been reluctant to discuss the episode but are doing so now in the wake of the #MeToo movement, which has exposed widespread prevalence of alleged sexual misconduct in powerful industries.
Clinton was heavily criticized last year for her past relationship with Harvey Weinstein, the film mogul who donated millions of dollars to Democratic organizations, including Clinton’s campaign. Weinstein’s history of alleged sexual harassment, spanning decades, was detailed in several prominent reports last year. Clinton said she was “shocked and appalled” by the revelations involving Weinstein, whom she had known for decades. The Times reported last year that actress and writer Lena Dunham and Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown had both warned the Clinton campaign about its association with Weinstein. The campaign denied that they had been warned about Weinstein.
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