The woman spoke to The Post after the lewd photo was published Tuesday by an anonymous Twitter account. In that context, he mentioned the Capitol Police, a comment the woman interpreted as an attempt to intimidate her. And if I do that, that hurts me potentially big time.”“Why would you even say that to me?” the woman responded. The woman said Barton first reached out to her in 2011 after she posted a comment about politics on his Facebook page. In the spring of 2012, the woman flew to Washington, where he gave her a tour of the Capitol building, she said.

Source: Washington Post November 23, 2017 02:48 UTC