House GOP hopeful slams Politico, Dem opponent for publishing sexual assault records

Jenny Goldsberry

October 09, 07:41 PM October 09, 07:41 PM

Indiana congressional candidate Jennifer-Ruth Green blasted the publishing of military records detailing a sexual assault she endured.

Green was featured in a Politico article Friday, which described the assault in an attempt to explain away a poor performance evaluation she received in 2009 while a captain with the Air Force. The news organization claimed it obtained her military record to find the evaluations and the instance "when she and a small group of officers visited the national training center. She left the group to climb into a cramped guard tower where Green says an Iraqi serviceman sexually assaulted her by grabbing her breast and exposing himself."

"I believe after sharing my assault against the advice of some in my command, my career was intentionally derailed," Green said of the incident after the article was published.

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Politico would include Green's appeal of the evaluations and include Green's direct supervisor in Iraq, a a senior agent in the Air Force Office of Special Investigations "wrote in her appeal that she 'did an outstanding job in her duties; I did not question her leadership, judgment or professional skills.'"

"I’m a survivor of sexual trauma in the military. I am being forced to share this information outside of my own timeline and for the first time publicly because my Congressman, Frank Mrvan, and his cronies illegally obtained my military records describing my sexual assault," Green said in her statement following the article. The Air Force veteran is notably running against Mrvan for his seat in Indian's 1st district. "His team fished the details of my assault to different news outlets, asking them to share misinformation to portray me as a failed military officer who lacks integrity. This is false."

"Green has not contested the authenticity of the documents, which were obtained by a public records request and provided to POLITICO by a person outside the Mrvan campaign," Politico added to its article in response to Green.

As a result of the article, Green is calling for the U.S. Attorney, Air Force Inspector General, and Defense Department to investigate how the news organization obtained her military records.

"I am saddened to have to share publicly one of the most private events of my life, and I’m even more saddened that Congressman Mrvan, who I applauded for authoring the Military Sexual Trauma bill, would engage in or tolerate this despicable behavior from his campaign and his allies," Green wrote. "It’s unacceptable for every vet, it’s unacceptable for every woman, and it’s unacceptable for anyone who has ever been a victim of sexual assault."

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Rep. Mrvan hasn't commented publicly on the matter.