Rick Scott has no opinion about a Senate candidate accused of strangling his wife
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The allegations are striking. Earlier this month, the wife of Sean Parnell, who is running for the Senate from Pennsylvania with the backing of Donald Trump, provided sworn testimony in a child custody hearing that he had "choked her until she bit him to escape, that he hit their young children, and that he lashed out at her with obscenities and insults," according to a report in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Earlier this month, the wife of Sean Parnell, who is running for the Senate from Pennsylvania with the backing of Donald Trump, provided sworn testimony in a child custody hearing that he had "choked her until she bit him to escape, that he hit their young children, and that he lashed out at her with obscenities and insults," according to a report in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Parnell called his wife's testimony "lies" in a statement released by his campaign and said he would rebut her claims in his testimony, which is expected this week. Under cross-examination by Parnell's lawyers Monday, his wife acknowledged that "there were no formal interventions or restrictions" against Parnell, according to the Inquirer.
President Joe Biden has given permission to Ukraine to strike inside Russian territory with American munitions, though he has restricted their use so Kyiv can only hit targets over the border close to Kharkiv after Russia made significant advances around the city in the northeastern part of the country close to the Russian border, two US officials told CNN.
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