Right-Wing Hoaxer’s Presser About Fake Buttigieg Accuser Interrupted By Garbage Truck

Right-wing activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman held a disastrous front-porch press conference on Wednesday morning at Burkman’s Northern Virginia apartment that was temporarily upstaged when Burkman’s trash was loudly hauled away from the curb, drowning out the sound of his voice.

The presser comes just days after The Daily Beast exposed a scheme by Wohl and Burkman to smear Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg with false sexual assault allegations by a college student Hunter Kelly.

According to Daily Beast reporter Will Sommer, who attended and live-tweeted from the event, Burkman and Wohl claimed that Kelly would be present at the press conference, “even though he’s recanted and said Wohl and Burkman made it all up.”

“I asked Kelly whether he’d be here and he responded with a series of 😂emojis,” Sommer added.

Jacob Wohl has claimed his Buttigieg “accuser” Hunter Kelly will likely be at the press conference, even though he’s recanted and said Wohl and Burkman made it all up. I asked Kelly whether he’d be here and he responded with a series of 😂 emojis.

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) May 8, 2019

Just before the press conference, Kelly issued a statement, calling Burkman and Wohl “chronic liars” and “fraudsters.” He said that he was in Michigan but “wished he could be there to see the embarrassment that is going to take place.”

Meanwhile, Wohl’s fake accuser just released a statement saying he wishes he could be there to see “the embarrassment”. pic.twitter.com/vT7hcsg7MP

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) May 8, 2019

Moving beyond Buttigieg, Burkman and Wohl announced that they intend to vet all the 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls and offer them “the Wohl/Burkman seal of approval.” Burkman declared “we want you to think of this home as the center for election 2020.”

they are now touting “the Wohl/Burkman seal of approval” for 2020 Democrats pic.twitter.com/sVz1OYtWRA

— Alex Thomas (@AlexThomasDC) May 8, 2019

The press conference became an unintentional parody of itself when the press conference was interrupted by a noisy garbage truck.

Playboy’s Washington Correspondent Alex Thomas tweeted: “I can’t make this up, Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl are trying to give this press conference and you can’t hear them because Burkman’s trash is being taken away.”

I can’t make this up, Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl are trying to give this press conference and you can’t hear them because Burkman’s trash is being taken away pic.twitter.com/aaBh3SsTM9

— Alex Thomas (@AlexThomasDC) May 8, 2019

As the Daily Dot notes, last July Wohl “tried to reveal huge news on Seth Rich but fell flat on his face. In November, he—teamed up with Wohl—tried to frame Robert Mueller for sexual assault. The duo was laughed out of the room. As an added punch-line, Burkman’s fly was down while he and Wohl addressed the press.”