# Woman who accused Fauci of sexual assault now says Trump supporters paid her to lie **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 7, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350 "2020-05-07T19:09:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350/1 "2020-05-07T19:09:57Z")
And she has recorded evidence > [@](#): > > A woman who had accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of sexual assault now claims she was paid to lie about the public health expert by a pair of President Donald Trump’s supporters. > > The woman says right-wing provocateur Jacob Wohl and his frequent accomplice Jack Burkman persuaded her to cast Fauci as the assailant using details from an actual sexual assault she survived just after high school, and they paid her to do it, reported Reason. > > “The reality is that I’ve known Jacob since 2018 and that he charmed me into taking money to do this (see attached picture of us together),” said Diana Andrade in an email to the website. “[They also] had me do something like this…back in January.” > > Andrade said she decided to abandon her claims and try to record incriminating evidence against the pair after Wohl asked her to find another woman to accuse Fauci of sexual assault — as they’ve done to former special counsel Robert Mueller and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). > **[Woman who accused Fauci of sex assault now says Trump supporters paid her to lie](https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sex-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/)** > > A woman who had accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of sexual assault now claims she was paid to lie about the public health expert by a pair of President Donald Trump's supporters.The woman says right-wing provocateur Jacob Wohl and his frequent accomplice... \*“Let me tell you something, Diana. This guy shut the country down. He put 40 million people out of work. In a situation like that, you have to make up whatever you have to make up to stop that train and that’s the way life works, okay? That’s the way it goes.” “Mother Nature has to clean the barn every so often. How real is it? Who knows? So what if 1 percent of the population goes? So what if you lose 400,000 people? 200,000 were elderly, the other 200,000 are the bottom of society. You got to clean out the barn. If it’s real, it’s a positive thing, for God’s sake.” “What could be wrong, Diana? You did a good job, you got paid. What’s the problem? What seems to be the issue? You’re freaking out. You’re texting me late at night. What’s the issue?”\* ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350/2 "2020-05-07T19:18:24Z")
Not to hijack the thread, but one has to wonder whether Tara Reade might not be in the same boat. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350/3 "2020-05-07T19:24:57Z")
Hopefully Fauci sues the pants of those guys. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350/4 "2020-05-07T19:33:54Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Hopefully Fauci sues the pants of those guys. Unless the pants have money in the pockets, he should sue the guys. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350/5 "2020-05-07T20:18:35Z")
I honestly cannot remember the last scandal republicans have alleged that turned out to be true. Doubtless there are some, democrats are not saints either, but I am honestly trying to think of one and nothing comes to mind that turned out to be legit. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350/6 "2020-05-07T20:43:39Z")
**Woman who accused Fauci of sexual assault now says Trump supporters paid her to lie** Well I sure hope the gal who accepted money to try and bring down a decades long respected public servant had the decency, the moral upstandingness (!) to return the money. Man, I hope she didn’t spend it on something. That’s no way to take the high road. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350/7 "2020-05-07T20:59:20Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > **Woman who accused Fauci of sexual assault now says Trump supporters paid her to lie** > > Well I sure hope the gal who accepted money to try and bring down a decades long respected public servant had the decency, the moral upstandingness (!) to return the money. Man, I hope she didn’t spend it on something. That’s no way to take the high road. What was the fucking point of this post? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350/8 "2020-05-07T21:07:20Z")
My ex-wife, is that you? ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350/9 "2020-05-07T21:36:34Z")
Did anyone, at any point, take this claim seriously? These are the same two clowns who, among other things, tried to get a story going that Elizabeth Warren was having an affair with a 24-year-old, accusing Robert Mueller and Pete Buttigieg of sexual misconduct of some kind (can’t remember), claiming some kind of birther shit about Kamala Harris, and all kinds of stupid bullshit. Not only are they scammers and liars, they are singularly stupid and inept scammers and liars. I’m guessing that even the foaming-at-the-mouth Fox types (like maybe Laura Ingraham or Jeanine Pirro) wouldn’t repeat this bullshit, and that’s why I never heard anything about it until this minute. Also, the story seems to indicate that the woman involved accepted a significant amount of money for maligning Fauci. If that’s true, I really, really hope she goes to prison. Along with Wohl, of course. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350/10 "2020-05-07T21:44:55Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > My ex-wife, is that you? I guarantee You that she is still too busy undergoing shock therapy to try to erase the memory of your lives together to post here. Was your point that someone who makes a false accusation for money is a bad person? No shit. How about a political movement that pays false accusers? Don’t you think that’s the more pertinent issue? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350/11 "2020-05-07T21:59:00Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > Not only are they scammers and liars, they are singularly stupid and inept scammers and liars. The plan probably isn’t to be believed. It’s probably to condition people to not trust any negative political rumors they hear. They make up lies about Democrats and hope that people will assume that anything they hear about Republicans are also lies. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350/12 "2020-05-07T21:59:31Z")
Sarcasm does not reach you. Have a drink or something. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350/13 "2020-05-07T22:40:33Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > The plan probably isn’t to be believed. It’s probably to condition people to not trust any negative political rumors they hear. They make up lies about Democrats and hope that people will assume that anything they hear about Republicans are also lies. And people call _me_ devious. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350/14 "2020-05-07T23:00:04Z")
Nobody calls you devious, you’re just imagining things. [/gaslight] ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350/15 "2020-05-07T23:20:34Z")
Republican scandals are either excusable or never happened in the first place. Democrat scandals demand vigorous investigation and prosecution, lest civilization fall. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350/16 "2020-05-08T02:01:41Z")
Why aren’t Republicans drowning under the weight of slander and libel lawsuits? File 500 million dollar lawsuits anytime fox, gop operatives or gop politicians lie. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350/17 "2020-05-08T02:08:35Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > Did anyone, at any point, take this claim seriously? These are the same two clowns who, among other things, tried to get a story going that Elizabeth Warren was having an affair with a 24-year-old, accusing Robert Mueller and Pete Buttigieg of sexual misconduct of some kind (can’t remember), claiming some kind of birther shit about Kamala Harris, and all kinds of stupid bullshit. > > Not only are they scammers and liars, they are singularly stupid and inept scammers and liars. > > I’m guessing that even the foaming-at-the-mouth Fox types (like maybe Laura Ingraham or Jeanine Pirro) wouldn’t repeat this bullshit, and that’s why I never heard anything about it until this minute. > > Also, the story seems to indicate that the woman involved accepted a significant amount of money for maligning Fauci. If that’s true, I really, really hope she goes to prison. Along with Wohl, of course. I’ve got a theory about this. IIRC, Robert Mueller was the first. The claim was particularly nasty and vicious, involving a brutal act of forcible rape. It got some attention at the time and Mueller actually made a statement denying it. Mueller also referred the matter to the FBI for investigation. Then we never heard about any charges or legal actions, and this happened months before Barr became AG. My theory was that these clowns made the excuse to the FBI that the accusation was never meant to be taken seriously and that they were engaging in some sort of performance art / political theater. And once they made that excuse, THEY HAD TO KEEP DOING IT. And they had to keep doing it in such an obviously inept manner that so no one would ever take anything they did seriously, ever. They’re doing it to stay out of jail. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350/18 "2020-05-08T02:22:14Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Why aren’t Republicans drowning under the weight of slander and libel lawsuits? > > File 500 million dollar lawsuits anytime fox, gop operatives or gop politicians lie. Such things are near impossible to succeed against politicians and it costs the person suing money too. Money they lose with no upside when they lose the case. IIRC FOX has been sued over this. They have their own legal staff they pay no matter what and are very practiced at these cases. You will lose and lose a lot of money trying. ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350/19 "2020-05-08T03:01:48Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I’ve got a theory about this. > > IIRC, Robert Mueller was the first. The claim was particularly nasty and vicious, involving a brutal act of forcible rape. It got some attention at the time and Mueller actually made a statement denying it. Mueller also referred the matter to the FBI for investigation. > > Then we never heard about any charges or legal actions, and this happened months before Barr became AG. > > My theory was that these clowns made the excuse to the FBI that the accusation was never meant to be taken seriously and that they were engaging in some sort of performance art / political theater. And once they made that excuse, THEY HAD TO KEEP DOING IT. And they had to keep doing it in such an obviously inept manner that so no one would ever take anything they did seriously, ever. They’re doing it to stay out of jail. Once money is exchanged for a false accusation then law enforcement should step in. Maybe the previous accused of this hoax (Mueller, Buttigieg, Warren) had willing partners doing it for nothing but political gain. This girl took money to defame a public official. Lock them up and set a precedent that this shit destroys innocent lives and hurts real survivors of sexual abuse. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350/20 "2020-05-08T03:13:31Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > IIRC FOX has been sued over this. They have their own legal staff they pay no matter what and are very practiced at these cases. You will lose and lose a lot of money trying. A lawsuit shouldn’t be necessary when someone admits it out loud. False reporting and conspiracy to create a false report are crimes. The case is pretty much open and shut. And then, while not necessary, it should be easy to get a civil court win when you have a full on conviction for the thing you’re being sued for. No, the issue is that this is, ironically, another situation where rape accusations are not being taken seriously like they should be. The damage they do to the real victims doesn’t matter. It’s being treated like making up rape accusations to try and stop your political opponent is perfectly acceptable. And, yes, I agree that part of the purpose is to undermine actual accusations. Rationally, the fact that they get discovered so easily should, if anything, undermine that belief, but they are directly working with people’s preexisting biases. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-accused-fauci-of-sexual-assault-now-says-trump-supporters-paid-her-to-lie/853350.md?page=2)