Comedian Tom Arnold claims his friend, Leeann Tweeden, was “coached for weeks” by her partner at KABC radio, John Phillips, in an effort to take down Sen. Al Fanken (D-Minn.). According to Arnold, Phillips and his “pal,” Roger Stone, conspired to use Tweeden’s groping picture to ruin the Senator’s reputation.

I’m disappointed with my friend Leeann Tweedon. Her partner at KABC John Phillips is a Roger Stone pal & they coached her for weeks to bring Al Franken down. I’d hoped she’d use her voice to speak out for all women again predators like Roy Moore & Donald Trump but she’s a birther — Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) December 7, 2017

On Thursday, Sen. Franken resigned amid multiple allegations of inappropriate touching and growing pressure from fellow Democrats. Yet some, including Arnold, believe the original accusations by Tweeden were part of a smear campaign by Stone to take down a powerful and popular Democrat. Especially after photos of Tweeden spanking and grinding on other USO tour hosts surfaced on Imgur.

Although his first tweet came on Wednesday night, Arnold’s accusation against Phillips and Stone took more than a day to fully unfold. Several hours after his first tweet, Arnold relayed his late-night phone call with Tweeden on Twitter, claiming she was largely unaware of the nefarious characters surrounding the situation. The next morning he called Tweeden “brave” for calling to discuss his tweets, and clarified that he believes “there are some bad men trying to take advantage of both Leeann and Al on this one.” Arnold’s final piece of evidence came Friday afternoon when he posted what he called a “Roger Stone Email blast,” which shows an email from ‘Nermin Karabegovic’ to a gossip site in an attempt to create buzz before the Tweeden-Franken story broke.

These allegations, along with Sean Hannity’s desire to expose the picture as early as 2007, paint an interesting picture around the Tweeden story. But, while Arnold claims to “know every single detail of this political manipulation,” the actual evidence of collusion between Phillips and Stone seems lacking in Arnold’s account, and the supposed Stone emails aren’t necessarily from him just because it’s something he would do. With that being said, Arnold’s apparent insider connection with Tweeden and his phone conversation with her make the series of tweets worth reading.

Here’s a timeline of the important tweets related to the Tweeden-Franken picture (Arranged and emphasized for readability):