Kellyanne Conway describes for the first time alleged October 2018 assault

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Kellyanne Conway says that she was grabbed and shaken by a woman while out with her teenage daughter in a Maryland restaurant late last year.

In an interview with CNN, the White House counselor to President Donald Trump talked about the alleged assault for the first time publicly. She recounted how the woman, who was later identified by authorities as a 63-year-old Maryland resident, approached her "screaming her head off" at Uncle Julio's, a Mexican restaurant in the DC suburb of Bethesda, as Conway's middle school-aged daughter looked on.

"Somebody was grabbing me from behind, grabbing my arms, and was shaking me to the point where I felt maybe somebody was hugging me," Conway said in the interview for an upcoming story for CNN's series, "Badass Women of Washington."

Conway said she called 911, though the woman had left before local police arrived. After an investigation, Mary Elizabeth Inabinett was charged in November with second-degree assault and disorderly conduct. A trial is set for March in Maryland state court.

Inabinett's lawyer, William Alden McDaniel Jr., disputed Conway's story and the assault allegations, and said his client would plead not guilty in court next month.

"Ms. Inabinett saw Kellyanne Conway, a public figure, in a public place, and exercised her First Amendment right to express her personal opinions. She did not assault Ms. Conway. The facts at trial will show this to be true, and show Ms. Conway's account to be false," McDaniel said in a statement.

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[MontanaMama]

1. Never

shake a baby!

[LiberalFighter]

10. Wise words LMAO

[ExciteBike66]

2. Always a good idea to record your interactions with story-spinners like Conway... nt

[nolabear]

3. Oh, the horror.

It’s a miracle she survived.

[Zoonart]

4. Sure... you're the victim.

The whole MF45 gang is a criminal cult of victimhood.

[unblock]

5. "shaking me to the point where I felt maybe somebody was hugging me"

this statement has me baffled.

what kind of hugs is she used to?
how does one not know the difference between getting shaken and getting hugged?

[Ms. Toad]

9. That's what struck me, as well. n/t

[theboss]

6. Bit of advice: don't grab people

In the immortal words of Billy Madison, "That's assault, brother."

[Ms. Toad]

8. It's actually battery.

But the general principle is correct.

[Boomerproud]

7. The witnesses will decide this case.

NT

[Apollyonus]

11. lol ... good luck with a Maryland jury

I doubt they would believe everything Kellyanne says because she is such a paragon of virtuous truthfulness.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. She's deplorable but that's not license to assault her, obviously.

[book_worm]

13. exercise your first amendment right without touching the person