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Herschel Walker<\/strong>\u2019s Senate campaign is long dead, but reports of it being an unmitigated shit show are apparently still coming. On Friday, a 30-something staffer told<\/a> the Daily Beast that longtime Republican operative and former Walker staffer Matt Schlapp<\/strong> engaged in \u201csustained and unwanted and unsolicited\u201d sexual contact toward him following an October campaign event in Georgia.<\/p>\n According to the staffer\u2014whose name has not been revealed at this time but has said he will come forward if Schlapp denies wrongdoing\u2014the inappropriate behavior began on the evening of October 19. The staffer alleged that Schlapp\u2014the chairman of the Conservative Political Action Coalition, a longtime ally of Donald Trump,<\/strong> and the husband of a Trump administration staffer and 2020 campaign adviser\u2014\u201cinappropriately and repeatedly\u201d invaded his personal space at two different bars. While this was happening, the staffer says, Schlapp said that he wanted to talk about the man\u2019s professional prospects; during this time, the staffer told the Daily Beast, the \u201cpower dynamic\u201d was front of mind, given that Schlapp is seen as one of the most powerful people in national conservative politics. While not wanting to \u201cembarrass him,\u201d the man believed Schlapp had gotten \u201cthe hint\u201c that he was not interested. But apparently that was not the case\u2014or perhaps it was and Schlapp just didn\u2019t care. Per the the Daily Beast<\/a>:<\/p>\n The staffer, in his late thirties, recalled that while he drove Schlapp back to the hotel, Schlapp put his hand on his leg, then reached over and \u201cfondled\u201d his crotch at length while he was frozen in shock, calling it \u201cscarring\u201d and \u201chumiliating.\u201d When they arrived at the hotel, the staffer said Schlapp invited him to his room. The staffer said he declined and left \u201cas quickly as I could.\u201d<\/p>\n When the staffer got home that night, he received a call from Schlapp\u2014shortly after midnight, according to call records the staffer shared with The Daily Beast\u2014to confirm that the staffer would still chauffeur him to an event in Macon the next day. The staffer described the call as \u201cshort and perfunctory,\u201d but after confirming he would drive him, the staffer \u201cbroke down.\u201d He then recorded a series of tearful video accounts detailing the evening, which he shared with The Daily Beast as well as with two people close to him, including the staffer\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n In one video, according to the Daily Beast, the staffer says: \u201cMatt Schlapp of the CPAC grabbed my junk and pummeled it at length, and I\u2019m sitting there thinking what the hell is going on, that this person is literally doing this to me.\u201d He added, \u201cFrom the bar to the Hilton Garden Inn, he has his hands on me. And I feel so fucking dirty. I feel so fucking dirty. I\u2019m supposed to pick this motherfucker up in the morning and just pretend like nothing happened. This is what I\u2019m dealing with. This is what I got to do.\u201d<\/p>\n According to the staffer, Schlapp texted the man at 7:26 a.m. the next morning, saying, \u201cI\u2019m in the lobby.\u201d The staffer said he called his supervisor and then spoke with a senior campaign official, who was \u201cimmediately horrified,\u201d told him not to drive Schlapp, and to put in writing, to Schlapp, what had happened. After that conversation, he texted Schlapp, writing: \u201cI did want to say I was uncomfortable with what happened last night. The campaign does have a driver who is available to get you to Macon and back to the airport.\u201d Schlapp allegedly replied, \u201cPls give me a call,\u201d and then rang the staffer three times over the next 20 minutes, according to records seen by the Daily Beast. Later, after the staffer declined to answer any of the calls, Schlapp allegedly texted and said: \u201cIf you could see it in your heart to call me at the end of day. I would appreciate it. If not I wish you luck on the campaign and hope you keep up the good work.\u201d<\/p>\n According to the staffer, he never returned Schlapp\u2019s calls and has not communicated with him since. He told the Daily Beast that he had \u201cnothing but support\u201d from the Walker campaign, and was given \u201ccomplete autonomy\u201d over how he wanted to respond, including pressing charges. The staffer said he declined to take legal action at the time because he was concerned about the professional blowback on his career. In a statement, Schlapp attorney Charlie Spies<\/strong> told the Daily Beast his client \u201cdenies any improper behavior\u201d and called the allegations an \u201cattack.\u201d He added: \u201cThis appears to be now the twelfth Daily Beast piece with personal attacks on Matt Schlapp and his family. The attack is false and Mr. Schlapp denies any improper behavior. We are evaluating legal options for response.\u201d (CPAC and Spies did not immediately respond for requests for comment from Vanity Fair.<\/em>)<\/p>\n As the Daily Beast notes, Schlapp has defended Republicans accused of sexual misconduct in the past, including Donald Trump and alleged attempted rapist Brett Kavanaugh,<\/strong> both of whom have denied wrongdoing. On the flip side, he\u2019s accused Democrats of engaging in inappropriate behavior. After unsubstantiated allegations from the \u201990s regarding Joe Biden<\/strong> surfaced in 2019, Schlapp\u00a0tweeted<\/a>: \u201cWith 5 daughters I\u2019d prefer Biden to be several doors down, not next door.\u201d\u00a0A year later, he wrote<\/a>: \u201cThinking back on the Senate of the 1990s: was there a way for a female staffer who was a sexual assault victim to get fair treatment from an institution that was geared toward protecting senators of both parties. Biden stressing this event was 27 yrs ago is a bad strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n