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TexasTowelie

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Thu Oct 7, 2021, 06:27 PM Oct 2021

Former Maine US Senate candidate accused of pointing gun at man over crypto dispute

A Bar Harbor man who waged a failed U.S. Senate bid last year pointed a gun at a former campaign staffer in a dispute over a cryptocurrency investment, court documents allege.

Max Linn denies the allegations made by his former assistant, Matt McDonald, who was involved in his two U.S. Senate campaigns in 2018 and 2020.

It’s the latest episode in Linn’s strange public life. He was removed from the Republican primary ballot three years ago after nominating petitions featured fraudulent signatures purported to be from Mainers who had died. Then, he got only 1.6 percent of votes in a 2020 race won by Sen. Susan Collins in which he gained attention for debate theatrics.

The relationship between Linn and his former assistant went downhill this year, according to a protection-from-harassment order application filed by McDonald against Linn in a Ellsworth court on Wednesday.

Read more: https://bangordailynews.com/2021/10/07/politics/former-maine-us-senate-candidate-accused-of-pointing-gun-at-man-over-crypto-dispute-nl5mxicv54/

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