‘Morning Joe’ Grills Politico’s Wren on Why They Published Graham Platner Sexual Assault Story

EXCERPT:

BRZEZINSKI: "So what are some of those corroborating pieces of evidence? So, you’ve got conversations with her therapist and people who she confided in. Any — any conversations with Graham Platner at the time of it where she said — because apparently, as part of this story, she says she even confirmed to him that this was not consent. Do you have that? What do you have that actually connects this literally, Graham Platner to raping this victim?"
WREN: "Yeah, she reached out to him the day after via Instagram and essentially, you know, told him that, you know, she didn’t want to — to hear from him again. She told him that morning as well. And, you know, we — we looked at messages that she had sent to others in the months after this happened through social media — "
BRZEZINSKI: "But you were able to see those DMs?"
WREN: "She tried to recover those DMs. We did not. We were not able to to review those DMs, but she described them to us. We also, long before he was a public — before he was a political candidate, we saw her essentially explain to others that he was, quote, in her words, consensually careless, end quote. And — "
BRZEZINSKI: "But were you able to see the interactions between Graham Platner and this alleged victim? Did you actually physically see them? Did she produce them for you?"
WREN: "She was — she attempted to uncover them, but was unable to."