Moreover, the fmr student appeared to have been selected because personal details about his real life — among them, his #SexualOrientation — figured into the fabricated claim & could be seen as corroborating it.
Metro said he was contacted after the video’s publication by a snr aide to #TimWalz. Acc/to Metro, the aide said Walz’s team was investigating & already knew he was not the person featured in the video.
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