sean, this is not just a back bench congressman. keith ellison serves as deputy chair of the democratic national committee. is he a leader in the party and was supposed to be a rising star on the left because set first muslim american elected to congress. els abruptly left the campaign trail because of these allegations of abuse lodged in the run-up to today s primary in minnesota where he is the frontrunner among five democrats running for state attorney general. over the weekend, the some of his exgirlfriend, karen monahan accused els of abusing his mother and claims there is video evidence. though monahan told minnesota public radio why she does not intend to release that video. it s not on me to keep tryintry tokeep proving this ha. when i was okayly going to share my story i had no intention of talking about video or text. it was simply sharing what happened to me. ellison put out a statement sunday night saying karen