Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign biography rests heavily on her career as a prosecutor, including six years as California attorney general. But it omits a plea deal her office negotiated for former San Diego Mayor Bob Filnera, a serial sexual harasser and all-round scumbag, which let him escape jail time and avoid registering as a sex offender.
In 2013, about 20 women accused Filner, a two-decade Democratic congressman-turned-San Diego mayor, of sexual harassment and misconduct. Some said he put them in “Filner headlocks.”
Harris’ office drew considerable criticism in 2013 for allowing Filner to plead guilty to state charges of false imprisonment and battery against three Jane Does in exchange for a light sentence. Filner could have faced up to five years in prison, but the plea bargain instead gave him three months of house arrest, three years’ probation, and partial loss of his mayoral pension. Washington Examiner
In 2013, believe all women Kamala Harris got a plea deal for a Democrat mayor who was accused of s*xual harassment by 20 women. Instead of 5 years in prison, he did 3 months of house arrest. Oh and he got to keep half his pension. pic.twitter.com/DPYNegMC5E
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