VIRGINIA IN CHAOS: Uncertainty continues to reign in Virginia as its embattled Democratic governor, Ralph Northam, refuses to resign over a racist photo on his 1984 medical yearbook page and Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax braces for possible legal action from a woman who has accused him of sexual assault ... Northam made no public appearances Tuesday. A close friend, Republican state Sen. Richard Stuart, told the Associated Press he is convinced the governor won't resign. He said Northam told him he felt a responsibility to stay in office and make amends.
Meanwhile, the Democratic Party of Virginia on Tuesday signaled that it is not dismissing the sexual assault allegation against Lt. Gov. Fairfax, saying it should be "taken with profound gravity." Fairfax's accuser has been identified as Vanessa Tyson, an associate professor of politics at Scripps College in Claremont, Calif. Tyson alleges that Fairfax forced her to perform oral sex on him during an encounter at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston.
Fairfax has denied the charge and said the encounter was consensual. Fox News confirmed that Tyson has retained the law firm of Katz, Marshall and Banks, which represented Christine Blasey Ford after she publicly accused then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her during a high school party.
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