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the twitter account is now suddenly suspended.

https://heavy.com/news/2019/04/hunter-kelly/

Hunter Kelly is a 21-year-old Michigan man who says he is not accusing Pete Buttigieg of sexual assault; in a Facebook post Monday night, Kelly said he was set up by a “political figure.” In a subsequent interview with The Daily Beast, Kelly confirmed that those political figures were in fact Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl, two alt-right individuals. Neither Burkman nor Wohl have responded to The Daily Beast for comment.

Earlier on Monday, an account claiming the identity of Kelly published a post on Medium that spread on social media on April 29 accusing the South Bend, Indiana, mayor of sexual assault.

The Democratic presidential responded to the social media post by calling the accusation “made up” when asked about it by a reporter during a press gaggle on April 29.

He posted on Facebook to say he is not behind the Medium post and an associated Twitter account. “I WAS NOT SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. It’s important for everyone to know that I was not sexually assaulted and would never falsely accuse anyone,” the real Kelly wrote.

This isn’t the first time Burkman and Wohl have been accused of such behavior. In fact, the situation is similar to a right-wing smear attempt against Robert Mueller in October 2018, led by none other than Wohl and Burkman. It is also similar to a ploy to try to discredit The Washington Post by right-wing operatives in 2017, who sent a fake accuser against Roy Moore to try to trick the newspaper’s reporters into writing a story about her purported allegations.