Who stands to gain the most by knocking Ben down a notch. Her slimy past deeds would also suggest her as a culprit.
What deeds?
Trump is as or more likely to pick up Carson supporters as she.
These tabloids run stories like this all the time on their own, doesn’t have to a conspiracy by political rivals, they want to sell copies so they dig up (and make up) stuff. If it is a conspiracy my money is on the democrats, they got Herman Cain out with the affair allegation. They love to lynch any brother who wonders off the plantation.
I doubt this nonsense will have any impact on the race though.