GOP sen­a­tor accus­es NYT of sit­ting on bomb­shell alle­ga­tion to pro­tect Schumer, Dems

FIRST ON FOX: A top Sen­ate Repub­li­can accused both The New York Times and high-lev­el Sen­ate Democ­rats of work­ing togeth­er to delay pub­lish­ing alle­ga­tions against Maine Sen­ate Demo­c­ra­t­ic can­di­date Gra­ham Plat­ner until they could do max­i­mum damage.Stories and alle­ga­tions against Plat­ner have been pil­ing up for near­ly a year, inflict­ing incre­men­tal dam­age to his can­di­da­cy with each report published.It start­ed with the unearthed footage of him danc­ing intox­i­cat­ed, sport­ing a tat­too of Nazi iconog­ra­phy on his chest last fall, and cul­mi­nat­ed this week in a bomb­shell report that Plat­ner alleged­ly raped his ex-girl­friend, Jen­ny Raci­cot. But it was a sto­ry from The New York Times in June that sowed deep doubts among Democ­rats in Wash­ing­ton, D.C., about his candidacy.NEW YORK TIME …