{"id":379475,"date":"2018-10-03T10:08:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T09:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-dfl-inquiry-cant-substantiate-ellison-abuse-allegation-report-sent-to-law-enforcement\/"},"modified":"2018-10-03T10:08:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T09:08:20","slug":"prison-planet-com-dfl-inquiry-cant-substantiate-ellison-abuse-allegation-report-sent-to-law-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-dfl-inquiry-cant-substantiate-ellison-abuse-allegation-report-sent-to-law-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb DFL inquiry can\u2019t substantiate Ellison abuse allegation; report sent to law enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/dfl-will-refer-ellison-allegation-to-law-enforcement-after-internal-investigation-can-t-substantiate\/494828181\/\"><strong>Star Tribune<\/strong><\/a><br \/>October 2, 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text_Body\"><strong>The Minnesota DFL on Monday referred an internal report on a domestic abuse claim against Keith Ellison to local authorities for further investigation, after an attorney hired by the party found the claim could not be substantiated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Text_Body\">The decision promises to keep alive lingering allegations against the DFL candidate for attorney general, who has denied that he tried to drag a former girlfriend, Karen Monahan, off a bed during a fight in 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text_Body\">\u201cFor the purpose of objectivity and getting all of the facts regarding these allegations, we have decided to forward the information in the investigation to local authorities in order to let them review the contents and determine whether further investigation is warranted,\u201d read a statement released Monday afternoon by Ken Martin, the chairman of the DFL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text_Body\">The party declined to release the report produced by Susan Ellingstad, a Minneapolis attorney it hired to conduct the investigation. 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