A plan by a Republican lobbyist to publicize a rape accusation against special counsel Robert Mueller fizzled out on Thursday, when the lobbyist said the woman was “fearful for her life” and did not show up to a much-hyped press conference in a hotel outside Washington, D.C.

Earlier in the week, the lobbyist, Jack Burkman, scheduled a Thursday press conference in Northern Virginia to introduce the woman accusing Mueller. He was set to be joined by Jacob Wohl, a conservative Twitter personality, who had helped him dig up the dirt on Mueller.