Alan Grayson, the fiery sitting Congressman and candidate for Senate in Florida, threatened a reporter at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia on Tuesday after being confronted with new allegations of domestic violence.
Here is a longer version of the video, which seems to show that Grayson was the one being aggressive with the reporter.
Grayson was asked to respond to a Politico report on police and medical records released by Grayson’s ex-wife, Lolita Grayson, which she claims prove her former husband physically abused her over a period of two decades.
“I want the people to know my story so they know what kind of man Alan Grayson really is,” Lolita Grayson said in a statement explaining her decision to make the records public. “These are very painful memories and horrible experiences.”
The documents detail a number of instances over the couple’s 25-year marriage — annulled in 2015 after it was determined that Lolita was not divorced from her previous husband at the time she married Grayson — in which Grayson allegedly abused Lolita and, in one instance, threatened to kill her.
One police report from 1994, filed in Virginia, discusses Lolita’s claim that Grayson beat her “daily,” and notes that Lolita had a “swollen left check, a cut on her right arm/wrist, and swollen feet.”
Another report from 1999 documents the police response to a domestic violence call to the Grayson’s home in Virginia, in which Lolita alleged that Grayson had hit her in the back of the head with a book.
In 2005, Lolita claimed that Grayson pushed her up against a wall during an argument and threatened to kill her, telling her “I’m gonna kill you bitch.”
None of the reports led to any charges filed against Grayson, who has previously accused his wife of being physically violent toward him. He has also called her a “gold digger” and a “bigamist.” Grayson’s attorney dismissed the allegations that his client has ever been violent toward his ex-wife, calling her “a disturbed woman.”
Grayson is currently under a House Ethics Committee investigation for reportedly operating a series of hedge funds while in Congress and attempting to profit off of global unrest.
Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has already called on Grayson to drop out the Florida Senate race, citing his “disgraceful” hedge fund ties and a lack of a “moral compass.” A number of progressive groups withdrew their endorsements of Grayson in response to the domestic violence reports.
Grayson was responsible for one of the most controversial political ads in recent memory, in which he called his congressional opponent in 2010, Daniel Webster, “Taliban Dan.”