Matt Schlapp scandal takes a turn as official who shredded CPAC documents subpoenaed

Embattled American Conservative Union leader Matt Schlapp is facing yet another turn in the sexual misconduct scandal, as an official at his organization who allegedly shredded documents just after the news broke has been hit with a subpoena, reported The Daily Beast.

"On Wednesday, the opening day for CPAC 2024, the Alexandria City Courthouse posted a batch of eye-popping new filings in the sexual battery and defamation lawsuit against Schlapp — including a subpoena to a CPAC official alleged to have overseen document destruction days after the accusations were first publicly reported. Schlapp was on notice at the time about potential legal action," reported Roger Sollenberger.

According to the report, "The court records show subpoenas to other key witnesses, as well, including CPAC officials and other alleged victims. Two young men who previously reported unwanted physical advances from Schlapp have been deposed, including in connection with an alleged incident where the conservative icon, drunk and stripped to his underwear, rubbed his crotch on a young man at a fundraising event months before the alleged assault at the center of the lawsuit."

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The original scandal broke when Carlton Huffman, a former staffer on Herschel Walker's GOP campaign for Senate in Georgia, reported — first anonymously, and later publicly — that Schlapp aggressively groped him when Huffman drove him back to his hotel during an event.

Schlapp has denied all allegations against him, and the ACU board has stood by him, including through litigation that alleges that they were aware of the whole thing before the public was. Huffman, ironically, now faces a separate accusation of sexual battery by two women.

All of this comes as the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the main event organized by ACU, is in full swing this week.