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NBC confirms one Herman Cain accuser received settlement

It didn't take Twitter long to react news that Hermain Cain reportedly paid off an accuser.

 

Grant Robertson

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Posted on Oct 31, 2011   Updated on Jun 3, 2021, 1:48 am CDT

Hours after GOP frontrunner Herman Cain denied any knowledge of a payoff given to one or more staffers at the National Restaurant Association, NBC’s Chuck Todd reported that he confirmed through independent sources that a pay-off did in fact occur. Naturally, Twitter passed the news along with both incredible speed and a healthy dose of commentary.

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*First Published: Oct 31, 2011, 3:29 pm CDT