'Political bombshell' engulfs Trump-endorsed Republican as rape allegation emerges

A Republican candidate whom President Donald Trump endorsed for the heavily Republican 5th Congressional District of Louisiana has a problematic past, reported The Atlantic on Wednesday evening.

At the start of February, Trump posted he is giving his “Complete and Total Endorsement” to Blake Miguez for that race, which prompted Miguez to shoot a video of himself from the White House, touting his close relationship with the president.

"What he did not say — either publicly or to Trump’s advisers at the time ...