“I cognize thing astir an abortion,” Herschel Walker told ABC News anchor Linsey Davis successful an interrogation Tuesday. | Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images
Herschel Walker, the Republican Senate nominee successful Georgia, told ABC News connected Tuesday that helium present knew the individuality of the pistillate who accused him of paying for her termination successful 2009 but that helium had not spoken to her since the The Daily Beast archetypal reported the allegation, which helium has repeatedly denied.
“I cognize thing astir an abortion,” Walker, who is presently engaged successful a neck-and-neck contention with Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), told ABC News anchor Linsey Davis in an interrogation Tuesday. “I knew it was a prevarication and I said it was a prevarication — and I conscionable determination on. And that’s wherefore I said it’s bittersweet that radical said October surprise, but you’re destroying families.”
“This contention is excessively important for maine to springiness up oregon for maine to stop, truthful October astonishment is not going to signifier me,” Walker added.
Walker said that though helium did not cognize who the pistillate was erstwhile the allegation was archetypal reported, helium had since learned her identity.
“But astatine this point, you present cognize who she is?” Davis asked during the interview.
“Yes, yes,” helium said.
When asked whether helium had spoken to the woman, Walker told Davis: “Not astatine all. So, I didn’t cognize who it was until past week, and I went, ‘Oh’ — and I said, ‘That’s not true.’”
He besides denied ever having a speech with the pistillate astir an termination or, to his knowledge, giving her wealth to wage for an abortion.
“Is she lying?” Davis asked.
“Yes, she’s lying,” helium said. “Yeah, she’s lying. Yes, she’s lying.”
Since The Daily Beast study came out, Walker, a self-described “pro-life” campaigner who supports a “no exceptions” prohibition connected abortion, has repeatedly denied the claim, which POLITICO has not independently verified. Walker previously called it a “flat-out lie” and threatened to writer The Daily Beast.
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