she sat down with jericka duncan. >> reporter: 44-year-old karen monahan says in september of 2016, shegressman keith ellison, got into a heated argument that scared her. >> i was still in bed, and i was laying across the bed on my stomach. i was listening to my podcast, and he walked in. al said, "i need you to take the trash out." and i kept-- because i was on my usomach, i heard him and i just went like that and shook my head. and he looked at me and goes, "hey, you ( bleep ) hear me?" and then he looked at me. h goes, "bitch, get the ( bleep ) out of my house," and he started to try to drag me off the bed. that's when i put my camera on to video him. >> reporter: did you call anybody after that? >> i call a friend, and i said, "i'm at the lowest of the low." >> reporter: monaghan says she saved the video on her computer. this past saturday, monaghan's 25-year-old son, austin, posted a message on facebook, saying that in the middle of 2017, he found the video, almost two minutes long, showing keith ellison dragging his mother off ggbed and telling her to get out er his house. >> i'm

she sat down with jerick daunk paine. >> reporter: 44-year-old karen monahan says in september of 2016 she and her then boy flind democratic congressman keith ellison got into a heated argument that scared her. >> i was still in bed and i was laying across the bed on my stomach. i was listening to my podcast. and he walked in. he said, "i need you to take the trash out." and i kept -- because i was on my stomach, i heard him and i just went like that and shook my head. and he looked at me and he goes, "hey, you [ bleep ] hear me?" and then he looked at me, he goes, "bitch, get the [ bleep ] out of my house." and he started trying to drag me off the bed. that's when i put my camera on to video him. >> did you call anybody after that? >> i called a friend and i said i'm at the lowest of the low. >> reporter: monahan says she saved the video on her computer. this past saturday monahan's 25-year-old son austin posted a message on facebook saying that in the middle of 2017 he found the video, almost two minutes long, showing keith ellis dlooingz mothon dragging his mother off a bed and tell

his ex-girlfriend, a woman named karen monahan, is accusing him of serious domestic abuse, a claim backedp by her son who took the facebook and wrote that ellison put his mother through "peer hell" and he had personally seen hundreds of threateningth text messages from ellison and a video of ellison about 2 minutes long assaulting his mother. including one instance or he allegedly dragged her by her feet off the bed all while screaming and cursing at her. these are charges that ellison vehemently denies with the dnc is now investigating these claims and the clinton campaign is income but don't campaign with this guy. we'll keep you posted as the story develops. finally, we have another update in the trial of the century. paul manafort's 2005 tax case and bankruptcies. the jury, they wrapped up day one they want of deliberations without reaching a verdict. the jury did, however, some metaphorical questions to judge ellis, including one asking him to define or redefine reasonable doubt. maybe a good sign for manafort but i caution you, you can't go into much room a question of a jury and ov

ellision issued a statement saying that he and karen monahan has a long-term relationship that ended2016 but strongly denies the abuse. the video does not exactly -- does not exist because i didn't behave this way. experts say the benefit of the doubt these days goes to the accuser. >> voters i'm sure we'll have questions about whether the allegations are true and the timing of the allegations. anything involving sexually sexl assault is going to have a big impact. >> he is 1 of 5 candidates vying for that nomination. >> this is a serious domestic charge. he serves as the number two person in the democratic national committee. frankly i think he should resign from that position. i don't think he should be up there until these allegations are resolved. >> no information anyone outside the monahan family has seen the video or allegedly abusive text messages. with the primary tomorrow, this candle hangs on statements from an ex and the social media posts of a 25-year-olds. >> bret: more on those races tomorrow coming up in a bit. up next, the $719 billion defense bill signed by the pres

ellison's ex-girlfriend, a woman named karen monahan is accusing him of serious domestic abuse. a claim backed up by her son who wrote that ellison put his mother through pure hell and he had seen a video of ellison two minutes long assaulting his mother. including ainen stance where he allegedly dragged her by her feet off the bed, while screaming and cursing at her. these are charges that ellison vehemently denies but the d.n.c. is investigating the claims. robbie mook of the clinton campaign saying don't campaign with this guy. we will keep you posted as the story develops. tonight, we have another update in the trial of the century. paul manafort's 2005 tax case and bank fraud case. jury wrapped up day one of the deliberations without reaching a verdict. the jury did however submit four questions to judge ellis, including one asking him to define or redefine "reasonable doubt." that may be a good sign for manafort but i caution you. remember, you can't glean too much from a question of a jury. and over 90% of the federal cases result in a guilty verdict. the odds are not in

and can pay in cash but allegations of emotional and physical abuse by his former girlfriend, karen monahanidacy ahead of the primary. a short time ago, ellison was asked several time about the abuse claims, including by fox, and he questions. >> well, they are not true, but tonight is about the victory. we'll focus on that, we'll be talking about this other stuff in the next two days. we are not trying to avoid the topic. we will handle it. >> ellison's former girlfriend at her's enclave there is video evidence of the abuse. a minnesota political analyst says if that is the case, it could be a ticking time bomb for ellison's political career. >> the real big issue now is whether or not his ex-girlfriend really does have a video and how does this play out in the next few weeks, because if the video does exist, that almost certainly answers career, but even the allegation floating out there certainly raises questions for some people about, let's say, his fitness to be ag. >> the shocker of the night came in the minnesota governor's race. former minnesota governor tim valenti losing his bid t

over the weekend, the some of his exgirlfriend, karen monahan accused els of abusing his mother and claims>> 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 were in a long-term relationship which ended in 2016 and i still care deeply for her well-being. this video does not exist because i never behaved in this way and any characterization otherwise is false. analysts in the state have said one thing ellison may have going for him politically is some people participated in early voting before these allegations. though, if he gets the primary nod tonight this could still dog him in the general election. sean? >> sean: all right. thanks, ed. and be sure ed is in tonight 11:00 filling in for shannon bream fox news at night. chucky todd is not happy with the fbi fired trump hating agent peter strzok and he tw

his ex-girlfriend, karen monahan, backed up the sun's claims, calling a narcissist abuse, saying, "theca, smearing my name, and seeking validation and sympathy from the various females he was praying on, kept getting more and more frequent." ellison put out a statement, saying "karen and i were in a long-term relationship which ended in 2016 and i still care deeply for her well-being. this video does not exist because i never behaved in this way and any characterization otherwise is false." one of the other candidates in this race is calling for a full criminal investigation and says ellison should step aside. >> this is a serious domestic charge, he serves as a number two person of the democratic national committee. frankly, i think he should resign from that position. i don't think you should be up l these allegations are resolved. >> the timing of this is obviously deeply troubling for ellison, coming out that we can before the minnesota primary, and some suggest that ellison is not likely to get the benefit of the doubt. >> voters, andrew cuomo have a lot of questions about whether

karen monahan tweeted this out what my son said was true. every statement he made was true.said you know you did that to me went on to say you know this is the same tweet. my fault. i have given every opportunity to get help and heal, even now you are willing to say my son is lying and have me continue to leak more text and info so others will believe him. she was not going to come forward. then when her son was called a liar, she came forward. and now she can't believe is he taking position is he taking. here is tom perez who runs the dnc. >> we take all allegations of sexual misconduct very, very seriously. and that is something we have always done. and that is something we will continue to do. and that's why the matter is under review. brian: is that enough for you? >> no. they say it's under review. the dfl party said it was under review. two days later the party central committee endorsed keith ellison for attorney general. so, we don't know was there a review, if there's there was a review, what was the standard? i think the dnc should do the same thing. they should ha