Vulnerable Senator Mark Kirk has been making a lot of news over the last week — though not for reasons he’d like.
Kirk allegedly bullied staff members, subjecting them to both physical and verbal abuse — or so reports a thus-far-unpublished Tribune investigation, according to the Associated Press.
Predictably unhappy about the story, Kirk’s campaign launched an “unusual” counter-attack — threatening “legal action” against the Tribune in an attempt to suppress the report, the AP reported.
But the Kirk campaign’s effort backfired: The threatened lawsuit became public, and Mark Kirk is now publicly defending himself over the alleged bullying.
Here’re some coverage highlights:
Associated Press: Kirk campaign launches unusual attack on Chicago Tribune
Sun Times: Mark Kirk’s office launches preemptive strike against reporter
Published: Sep 28, 2015