City Council Candidate Zareh Sinanyan took the opportunity to clear the air Tuesday night against allegations that he was responsible for a large volume of hateful comments on Youtube over a period of several years. You can stream the full meeting if you wish. This exchange begins at approximately 2:51.
ARA NAJARIAN
Once and far all, let’s be clear about it. Zareh, you deny these comments, is that correct?
ZAREH SINANYAN
Mr. Najarian, I answered the question twice. One correction; I was appointed to CBDG in 2008 by Bob Yousefian; Ms. Friedman removed me in 2009, you merely reappointed me. Thank you. I answered the same question, I’m happy to talk about city issues, but I can’t be brought back to answer the same question over and over again. I stated in my paper, that's it, I answered. So, with that in mind... [moves to sit down]
LAURA FRIEDMAN
Wait, wait - you said they're ‘not you.’ Did you write those posts? Did you write any of the Youtube posts that were attributed to you?”
ZAREH SINANYAN
It’s not a simple question. It’s not a simple question.
LAURA FRIEDMAN
How is that not a simple question?
ZAREH SINANYAN
It’s not a simple question because…I don’t know what I’m looking at. I don’t know what I’m looking at because…a certain blogger, who’s related to you, very closely, keeps threatening that there are more posts, that these are posts, that there’s this, there’s that…this happened, that happened. So…unless I see what it is that I’m being faced with, I’m not answering that question more so than I’ve already answered it.
LAURA FRIEDMAN
There are several Youtube comments on that blog with your name on them. I’m sure you saw those. Did you write any of those posts that have your name on them that were on that blog? It’s a very simple question.
ZAREH SINANYAN
Personally I haven’t been on that blog, nor do I care to, but I know what’s on it because it’s been conveyed to me. I answered the question, you can ask me five more times, and you’re going to get the same answer.
LAURA FRIEDMAN
You’re not denying having written any of those?
ZAREH SINANYAN
I told you that these are not my statements, they don’t reflect me, they don’t reflect my qualities…
LAURA FRIEDMAN
I understand they "don’t 'reflect' your qualities," but did you WRITE them?
ZAREH SINANYAN
I am telling you that I am investigating this issue and trying to understand. You’re asking me to answer about something… [indignant] they don’t reflect me, I don’t write stuff like that. You can’t bring one person who will say that Zareh talks like that, Zareh acts like that, Zareh writes like that. That’s the point.
previously:
- Zareh Sinanyan's Infamous Alleged Youtube Comments
- Adam Schiff Withdraws Sinanyan Glendale City Council Endorsement in Light of Allegations
- Sinanyan Scandal Updates & Detailed Responses to His Defenders
- Why It's Unlikely A "Hacker" Was Responsible For the Alleged Sinanyan Comments
