{"id":102548,"date":"2020-07-23T10:01:45","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T14:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=102548"},"modified":"2020-07-23T10:07:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T14:07:25","slug":"yet-another-political-race-with-stolen-valor-accusations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=102548","title":{"rendered":"Yet Another Political Race with Stolen Valor Accusations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The San Clemente Times<\/a> in California writes that one of the candidates, Gene James, has been the subject of a lawsuit over alleged Stolen Valor claims.<\/p>\n

Defamation Suit against Councilmember Gene James Renews Claims of Stolen Valor <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A defamation suit against Councilmember Gene James by one of his former political associates raises new allegations and fresh details related to his involvement in the Stolen Valor controversy during last year\u2019s special election race.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit, filed by San Clemente resident Jim Bieber, who worked for James\u2019 campaign in 2019, alleges the then-candidate misled members of his camp with false information that he possessed a prestigious military decoration he was never actually awarded.<\/p>\n

In campaign materials the Republican Party of Orange County mailed out to San Clemente voters in the lead-up to the election, James, a retired Army veteran, was falsely depicted as having received the Legion of Merit for his service.<\/p>\n

James has vehemently denied having any involvement in the OCGOP\u2019s mailers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This happens a lot with actors and politicians – they claim that they were a victim of overzealous staff members.<\/p>\n

This is your basic “The other guy did it – I didn’t see it” go to excuse.\u00a0 Doesn’t mean it isn’t true, however.<\/p>\n

What happened to “I am [so-and-so] and I approved this message”?<\/p>\n

Someone did a Facebook page called “Gene ‘Pinocchio’ James<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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