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Platner ex-girlfriend accuses NY Times of 'set up'

The Hill · Jun 5, 2026, 2:41 PM · Also reported by 1 other source

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An ex-girlfriend of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is expressing her frustration with The New York Times over the way it portrayed her and others' experience dating the Democrat. Lyndsey Fifield, who the Times quoted as part of a wide ranging story detailing allegations of "unsettling" behavi

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