BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — A Libertarian Party candidate for Congress is charged with disorderly conduct after being accused of hitting his 13-year-old son. Kevin Barrett’s wife has also petitioned for a restraining orders that would prevent Barrett from having contact with her, the 13-year-old and an 11-year-old son.
….Barrett is a former University of Wisconsin-Madison lecturer who taught students the government was behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Barrett’s campaign manager, Rolf Lindgren, says the incident was a “bizarre publicity stunt cooked up by Dr. Barrett’s wife.”