Mitt Romney Calls On Trump To Stop Pushing Baseless Theory On Dead Intern
Mitt Romney is joining calls for President Donald Trump to quit pushing an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory about the woman who died nearly two decades ago while working for Joe Scarborough, former U.S. congressman from Florida and current MSNBC host.
“I know Joe Scarborough. Joe is a friend of mine. I don’t know T.J. Klausutis,” the Republican senator from Utah wrote in a Wednesday morning tweet, referencing the deceased woman’s husband. “Joe can weather vile, baseless accusations but T.J.? His heart is breaking. Enough already.”
Another Republican lawmaker, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, expressed agreement in an unprompted exchange with reporters.
“He’s the commander in chief of this nation. It’s causing great pain to the family of the young woman who died, so I would urge him to stop it,” she said.
I know Joe Scarborough. Joe is a friend of mine. I don't know T.J. Klausutis. Joe can weather vile, baseless accusations but T.J.? His heart is breaking. Enough already.
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) May 27, 2020
Timothy Klausutis has pleaded with Twitter to remove the president’s ugly tweets about his family’s loss, saying, “My wife deserves better.”
Klausutis’ wife, Lori Kaye Klausutis, had an undiagnosed heart condition that led to her 2001 death at age 28. She fell and hit her head on a desk at Scarborough’s Florida office and was found the next morning.
Trump has repeatedly characterized the accident as a “cold case,” despite any evidence suggesting Scarborough or anyone else was culpable. On May 12, he tweeted: “When will they open a Cold Case on the Psycho Joe Scarborough matter in Florida. Did he get away with murder? Some people think so.” Trump doubled down on the conspiracy theory during a Tuesday afternoon press conference, falsely claiming the woman’s family wanted to “get to the bottom of it.”
A medical examiner determined that “there is no doubt that the head injury is as a result of a fall...
