Article snippet: The alleged incident, which was reported by Big League Politics over the weekend, is said to have occurred during the 2004 Democrat National Convention. As WUSA9 reports, the Washington Post has not corroborated the claims, which the paper has been looking into for months. In a statement released early Monday morning, a Fairfax spokesperson denied the allegation, affirming that the man who could be governor “has never assaulted anyone – ever – in any way, shape or form.” “Lt. Governor Fairfax has an outstanding and well-earned reputation for treating people with dignity and respect,” the statement reads. “This is part of the sad and dark politics that the Lt. Governor has dedicated himself to helping Virginia and the nation rise above,” it continued. The statement then warned that Fairfax will take “appropriate legal action against those attempting to spread this defamatory and false allegation.” Akin to other news outlets, Breitbart News will not report on the allegation itself as several details from the purported incident remain unverified. Meanwhile, Northam faces a flurry of resignation calls from top Democrats and Republicans after the surfacing of a photo showing the embattled governor with another individual in blackface and a Ku Klux Klan attire in his 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical yearbook. On Friday evening, Northam took responsibility for being featured in the photo, but the following day, claimed he actually did not believe he was in it. “Yesterday, ... Link to the full article to read more