Representative Robert Filner Watch: Filner Denies Assault and Battery as Ridiculous Charges

Representative Robert Filner D-California

Representative Filner is on his way to Iraq and his Congressional office issued the following statement:

“Congressman Bob Filner is on his way to Iraq, visiting our troops, and will have a full statement when he returns,” his office tells Roll Call. “Suffice it to say now, that the story that has appeared in the press is factually incorrect â€” and the charges are ridiculous.”

And here is the statement from Dulles Airport officials:

Around 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 19, Airports Authority police were called to the United Airlines bag claim office at Dulles for a report of an incident with a passenger regarding his baggage. The individual allegedly attempted to enter an area authorized for airline employees only, pushed aside the employeeâ€™s outstretched arm and refused to leave the area when asked by an airline employee.

When MWAA officers arrived a few minutes later, the man had left the office and was waiting in the area of a bag carousel. Officers interviewed him and witnesses and released him. Before the individual left the airport, officers advised him that the airline employee would be pursuing charges. The airline employee appeared before a Loudoun County magistrate later that evening and a summons was obtained charging Robert Filner (DOB 9/4/1942) with assault and battery, a Class 1 misdemeanor. Mr. Filner is scheduled to appear in Loudoun County General District Court on Oct. 2.

Being a Congressman does not entitle you to being an ASSHOLE to airport employees.

Flap is not Filner’s political consultant but it seems that he would have been better off politically if he had postponed his trip to Iraq and taken care of this business first.

Filner could start with an APOLOGY.

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