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McKeon’s Defense and Legislative Response
While he initially denied any physical contact, he later modified his statement to investigators, conceding he might have touched her back, lower back, or “even rear end,” though he maintains the contact was entirely non-sexual. He further complicated the optics of the situation by sending a handwritten note to the complainant asking for biblical forgiveness, citing the Hebrew meaning of his name-Daniel-as “just” and remarking that “we’re all sinners.”
Legislative leadership has taken a firm stance against McKeon’s conduct. Senator Ben Hansen,
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