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TRANSCRIPT | Gov. Baker addresses allegations against son

The following is a transcript of the statement Gov. Charlie Baker made Monday regarding allegations that his sone groped a woman on a flight recently.

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Statement:

As you all know, there are allegations involving a plane trip and my son AJ last week. This is, obviously, a personal matter for my family and I won't be discussing it at length.

AJ is, of course, cooperating with any review of the matter. My family and I expect a thorough review to take place.

We also expect the review will be fair and completely independent from this office. State authorities are not involved in this matter and we look forward to a full and complete and independent review by the US Attorney's office.

Because this is an ongoing inquiry there are many questions I won't and would not be able to answer.

Questions

Do you stand by your son governor?
Look I love my son, but obviously these allegations are serious and they require an independent review which is why he will cooperate with the US Attorney's office.

Can you tell us what he told you?
You know, that's personal. And again, there's an ongoing inquiry going on here and that ongoing inquiry needs to be led by the US Attorney's office. AJ will cooperate.

Based on what he told you, do you think there wa some sexual harassment going on?
This is an ongoing inquiry involving the US Attorney's office. We expect a fair and thorough review by them and AJ is going to cooperate fully with that review.

How's he doing? 
Look, I love my son. But, this review needs to be done by the US Attorney's office. AJ needs to cooperate and we expect that that's what's going to happen.


Question about possible parallels between Sen. President's husband situation and should you be more transparent?
When the story originally broke on the Sen. President's husband, my statement on it at the time was that there needs to be an independent review. There is an independent review going on here. It's being led by the US Attorney's office and AJ will cooperate with it and we fully support that.


Do you think he will be cleared of everything at the end of the day?
There's an independent inquiry going on here folks, and that's as it should be and AJ will cooperate.

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