Ex-GOP strategist makes wild claims about Dem candidate: 'It was a betrayal'

A former GOP strategist levied a wild claim against a Democratic candidate for Congress on Sunday.

Cheri Jacobus posted on X that Democratic candidate George Conway, a former Republican lawyer running for a House seat in New York, was involved in President Donald Trump's scheme to force former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire and make way for Brett Kavanaugh's appointment to the bench. She also claimed that Conway was part of a Republican-led group that was courting Never Trumpers to support Kavanaugh, which helped sway the vote of Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).

"George joined our secret DC NeverTrump meetings only weeks before Kennedy announced retirement and Kavanaugh was nominated," Jacobus posted on X. "Pals George, McGahn, and Leonard Leo needed the NeverTrumpers to support [Kavanaugh] to get Susan Collins. He and McGahn were in on it, [in my opinion]."

Jacobus also claimed that anyone who doesn't believe Conway was in on the plot to get Kavanaugh nominated is a "fool."

"I was in that meeting where George showed up," she posted. "I stopped going after that because it was clear he was up to something. It was a betrayal he was allowed to be there, as attendees were invite-only and many could have lost their jobs if exposed. We were not warned in advance, but told on site that he'd asked to attend."

RawStory reached out to Conway for comment about the claims.

Conway has been a target of Trump's since the first administration. He has been a fervent critic of the president and supported both of Trump's impeachments during the first Trump administration.