Fetterman Ditched Paralyzed Vets for Fox Interview: WSJ

Pennsylvania state Rep. Anthony Hardy Williams brings a busload of constituents from Eastwick, a poorer, flood-prone Philadelphia neighborhood, to Washington to discuss Trump administration cuts to a grant program. Fetterman is the only member who refuses to meet them; when they spot him in the halls and yell, he doesn't acknowledge them, Williams told the Journal. "He was available. He just chose not to meet with us," Williams said.

State Rep. Liz Hanbidge drives down to introduce herself and discuss programs for the homeless and working poor in her county. Fetterman claims he never agreed to the meeting, and aides spend more than an hour pleading with him before meeting her themselves, according to staffers present. He does take a meeting that day with Bruce Pearl, the former college basketball coach and Israel advocate, who thanked him for his stance on Israel.

After scrutiny of his attendance, records show Fetterman marked present at 26 of 31 full hearings of his assigned committees. In 20 of them he did not say a word, transcripts show. Former staffers said an advance aide was deployed to catch the clerk's eye so he'd get credit for attending before drifting out.

Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter meets Fetterman and suggests he write an op-ed explaining his support for Israel. Fetterman agrees to base it on points the ambassador sends over. Staffers never tell him the embassy's drafted points arrived, out of concern the arrangement risked violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, the Journal reported. He dropped the issue.

Told the funeral for three police officers killed near his hometown of York would run at least three hours, Fetterman texts "3 hours??" and, on learning it was effectively three separate services, "This may be a nonstarter." He backed out.

Three paralyzed veterans in wheelchairs from rural Pennsylvania arrive to discuss legislation improving their care. Staff tell them the senator is ill. He arrives shortly after for the Fox News hit.

The Journal publishes the report.