Abuse allegations surface against Claire McCaskill’s husband

Published October 20, 2018 12:55am ET



Claire McCaskill might just be the luckiest woman in the Senate, but it seems as though that luck is finally running out. Not only does McCaskill finally face a serious competitor in Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, but after a career marked by hypocrisy and power grabs, McCaskill may have met her #MeToo moment.

The Daily Caller obtained a police report which shows that McCaskill’s husband, Joseph Shepard, allegedly committed gross domestic violence against his previous wife, Susan Shepard. Shepard, who has received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal subsidies since McCaskill joined the Senate in 2007, is no stranger to controversy, but this latest report seems devastating at first glance.

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