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Platner aide hit with brutal timeline check after campaign denied rape claim, then folded days later

A political adviser to Graham Platner’s now-defunct Senate campaign is facing scrutiny after saying the team urged him to end his candidacy "as soon" as it learned of a rape allegation — despite the campaign publicly denying the claim before Platner suspended his run two days later."As soon as the team became aware of the rape allegations against Graham Platner, we advised he suspend his candidacy, and in the following days worked to wind down the campaign," Platner political adviser Morris Katz wrote on X Wednesday.The allegation, first reported by Politico on Monday, came from Maine resident...