He explained, “One of the Capitol Hill officers said that one of the staffers said I was belligerent and I said that they should check that because it’s a lie. They turned back and interviewed [the staffer] and the staffer recanted.”

Johnson admitted he didn’t know for sure if that is what happened with the aide, but that was his impression. “I don’t know if this actually happened-only that the Capitol Hill police asked about it,” he wrote.

So Chuck actually has no evidence whatsoever that the staffer recanted.