Graham Platner avoids mainstream press as scandals surrounding Maine Democrat grows

"It's been hard to pin down Platner over the past few days. Igor [Bobic] was supposed to interview him Thursday in Maine, but Platner's team said he didn't have time. Platner's staff then offered Igor some time to speak with him by phone on Sunday, but after the story broke Saturday, the interview was canceled again," NOTUS reported.

Platner's campaign denied the claim at the time, calling it "flat out inaccurate" and smearing it as an attempt to "get views and clicks."

"This is flat out inaccurate. There was never an interview scheduled - this is just another example of pundits trying to get views and clicks. Graham was busy at back-to-back events today, doing what he loves - talking with Mainers and sharing his vision for a politics that focuses on people's lives, not the pundit or political class in D.C.," a spokesperson said.

Fox News Digital reached out to Platner's campaign for comment.

"It's no surprise to me that the establishment media outlets are just going to run gossip instead of wanting to talk about the things that actually matter in this race, which are the material realities that the Mainers are working with. These people are going to try to make this race about anything but what it's supposed to be about, which is policy. They never want to talk about policy," Platner said.

Platner also claimed the report was made "without any evidence besides the gossip from a former staffer" and called the piece "journalistic malpractice."

"We talked about things in Amy and I's marriage that we've gone through over the years. We talked about that because that's our marriage, and we discussed it with the campaign. What [former staffer] Genevieve McDonald claims isn't true," Platner said before campaign staff abruptly ended the interview.