The congressional campaign of Democratic Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams says a young woman falsely claiming to be a BuzzFeed reporter attended a July press conference and asked a question that might assist GOP attacks on him.
Shannon Havlicak Grondel acknowledges she is not a reporter, but says she did not claim to be. She said a McAdams volunteer asked where her work may be used, and she said the BuzzFeed Community platform — where rules allow the public to submit fun items, if they are not political.
She adds, “A few people from the [GOP Rep.