CPAC’s Matt Schlapp cleared in assault case, accuser apologizes

Published March 26, 2024 2:27pm ET



The Republican political activist who accused Conservative Political Action Conference Chairman Matt Schlapp of sexual assault has dropped his case, clearing the influential conservative.

Carlton Huffman, 40, had charged without proof that Schlapp groped him during a 2022 election trip while the accuser was working for Herschel Walker’s Senate campaign in Georgia.

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