Posted on 07/05/2016 8:39:32 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
A former White House college sexual assault task force member appears to have been gunning for a University of Virginia fraternity smeared in a Rolling Stone article about a now-debunked campus gang rape, newly released emails show.
“I want to see these guys gone and I want to keep it as legally sound as possible,” UVA alum Emily Renda wrote to Rolling Stone reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely in July 2014, several months before the Rolling Stone article “A Rape on Campus” was published.
At the time, Renda was working in a gender-based violence prevention program at the school. That spring she had served on the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault Renda appeared concerned that publishing the name of the fraternity, Phi Kappa Psi, would “create a credibility issue” and hurt the effort to have it removed. “I may need to urge you not to publish the name of the fraternity (phi kappa psi) in her case because we are trying to pursue ongoing action,” Renda wrote to Erdely, who is also a defendant in a lawsuit filed by UVA dean Nicole Eramo.
The email is included in court papers filed by the disgraced reporter on Friday. She cited the exchange to show that she relied on information about gang rapes from sources she believed to be truthful.
Though Renda aggressively sought to oust Phi Kappa Psi, notes Erdely took during her reporting for the story show that the campus activist was aware of the two other gang rapes she mentioned in her email through Coakley.
She had not corroborated Coakley’s claims. Renda, who introduced Erdely to Coakley, had testified the month before her exchange with the reporter at a Senate hearing about campus sexual assault. During the hearing she cited Coakley’s story, though she referred to her friend as “Jenna.” In Dec. 2014, after the Rolling Stone article had been debunked, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe appointed Renda to the state’s Criminal Sentencing Commission. She served as one of 17 people tasked with setting sentencing guidelines for felons.
Your Progressive, leftist, social-engineering government can, amazingly, get involved in literally EVERYTHING, even unproven rape allegations at specific universities.
Ask yourself - HOW can they Fed.gov afford this?
“. . .and I want to keep it as legally sound as possible.”
This means she is also willing to pursue them via exta-legal means, to act illegally to get their scalp.
In Dec. 2014, after the Rolling Stone article had been debunked, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe appointed Renda to the state’s Criminal Sentencing Commission. She served as one of 17 people tasked with setting sentencing guidelines for felons.
Speaking of Fraternities and Sororities. When a person born with their mothers fixtures, but think they are boys, will the be accepted into the fraternities? How about a
person born with their daddies fixtures, but think they are girls, will they be accepted into sororities? Hmmmm????
What fun.
Regarding the headline: Say what?
“I want to see these guys gone and I want to keep it as legally sound as possible,” UVA alum Emily Renda wrote to Rolling Stone reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely in July 2014, several months before the Rolling Stone article “A Rape on Campus” was published.
headline incomprehensible, but basically “gunning for” in this case means “trying to do away with,” as opposed to the way I first read it which was “trying to obtain membership”
Not surprised at all by the actions of this piece of feces Virginia calls governor.
Criminals being criminals.
Must not have been invited to one of their parties.....
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