Joy Reid has dropped out of an event she was scheduled to participate in Thursday amid mounting scrutiny over her claims that she was the victim of a cyberattack, in which dozens of homophobic statements were posted to her now-defunct blog. The Change Summit is an event organized by former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and his media venture CAFE. Reid was set to moderate a panel featuring Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana; Ravi Bhalla, the mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey; and Washington Lt. Gov. Reid’s withdrawal from the event follows her recent claims that new screenshots of anti-gay posts shared on her now-defunct blog, The Reid Report, were the result of a cyberattack. Charlie Crist (D) between 2007 and 2009 after Twitter user @Jamie_Maz shared screenshots of the posts.

Source: Huffington Post April 26, 2018 15:22 UTC