The King County Council member took issue with a KUOW story about a campaign event for Sen. Joe Fain this past Sunday, during which she was interviewed. Below is the full transcript.

Two weeks ago, Seattle woman and former city official Candace Faber tweeted shortly after the Kavanaugh hearings that Sen. Joe Fain had raped her in 2007. Fain has denied the allegations, but has not answered specific questions about them. "I think it's a two-way street," Lambert said to KUOW at the campaign event. "I tell my daughters you don't go to a hotel room with a man who is drinking. You just don't do that." Lambert added: “When I was younger, slapping a woman on the butt was a compliment.” In response to the KUOW story about the campaign event and her interview, Lambert issued a press release in which she said: "I did not, nor would I ever attack Ms. Faber or question the sincerity of her allegations. As a survivor of domestic abuse, I would never do that." Lambert's statement continued: “Every accusation of sexual assault, harassment or domestic violence deserves to be heard, taken seriously and investigated thoroughly." King County Councilmember Pete von Reichbauer had attended Fain's event, too. But three other King County Council members sought to distance themselves from Lambert's comments. Councilmembers Rod Dembowski, Jeanne Kohl-Welles, and Joe McDermott released a statement shortly after saying that Lambert's comments did not represent the Council. "We believe survivors," the statement read.

Below is the full transcription of Lambert's comments. Click on the play button above to listen to the full interview.

Kathy Lambert, King County Council member: And she's made allegations against other people in the past, too, and I think it's sad. But I think Joe is a man of integrity. I have known Joe for many, many years. And I think he’s handled this as well as anybody could, and I think we need to be aware that many people have many hurts. And listen to their hurts. And also remember that people are innocent until proven guilty. [Context: Faber has described an experience she had when she was 16 on Medium in a longer piece about what she says happened with Fain, but did not name anyone else involved.] Sydney Brownstone, KUOW: How would you like to see this proceed? Sen. Fain has said he would welcome an investigation. What would that investigation ideally look like to you? Lambert: I think to clear his name, because his name is a very important thing to him. And he is a man of integrity, so of course that is important to him. And I also think it should be on the other side, to see how many allegations she’s made in the past. And I think that is important too.

KUOW: Are you talking about on the criminal side, or on the political side, the legislative side? Lambert: I don't know that it's risen to a criminal issue. And if the legislature is willing to do that, that's fine. Her allegations, I don't think, have been very specific, necessarily, so I think she should write out what she thinks. I mean she's been writing it out. So there's plenty for people to look at. [Context: Candace Faber, a former City of Seattle official, says that Sen. Joe Fain of Auburn in 2007 asked her to take him back to his hotel, where she says that he raped her.] KUOW: There was a picture that surfaced of Sen. Fain and Candace Faber that night, so it seems like the question is not whether he was with her that night, but whether he raped her. And after what we have seen with the Kavanaugh investigation, some are wondering whether the Republican party needs to take what women who are accusing men of sexual assault more seriously. How would you respond to that? Kathy Lambert: Well, I think it's a two-way street. You know, I tell my daughters you don't go to a hotel room with a man who has been drinking. You just don't do that. So I think it's a two-way street, where we need both sides to be responsible for our behaviors. She did say one thing, that they were very intently kissing beforehand, so maybe an investigation needs to be both ways. [Context: Candace Faber said they had been flirting earlier in the night and kissing at her Georgetown University graduation party held at a night club. She said it was a day after she had met Fain.]

KUOW: Is there anything else you would like to add? Lambert: Just that he's a wonderful man, and that I'm sorry to see that all across the country, we're going back 10, 20, 30, 40 years. It's interesting to me to see that we're talking on the one hand about expunging people's criminal records because we don't want people to have their past negatively impact their future. And yet when it comes to sexual issues, you can go back hundreds of years and have that impact people's futures. KUOW: Even if it were true, do you think it's relevant? Lambert: You know, I think what people did 10 years ago is 10 years ago. I wasn't there. And I can't judge. And I think we all need to stop judging one another and start appreciating who we each are and show a little more grace and kindness to one another. You know, things have changed, and people need to be aware that we are all responsible for our own behaviors. I mean, she admitted that she went to the room. KUOW: Yeah, she did.

Lambert: So, you know, that was probably not a good choice on her part either. KUOW: Do you think that even she had gone to the room, and even if it were true, that she deserved what happened after? Lambert: Nobody deserves anything that happens to them. Nobody also deserves the kind of things said when we don't know what happened. Ruining people's reputations when none of us were there, there’s no investigation, and living under a cloud that may or may not be true, is not fair to anybody. KUOW: Thank you for your comments, I appreciate it. Lambert: It's hard to watch everybody be under scrutiny. It really is. I think about the Bible story that says, if you're the first without sin, throw the stone. I wasn't there, I don't know what happened. And I know the man that is today, and he's a fabulous man. I know his mom and dad, too, and his mom and dad are pretty fabulous people, so I know how he grew up. Anyway, this whole thing needs to be people starting over all across the country. [Context: The Biblical passage Lambert is referring to is John 8:1-11 where Jesus halts the stoning of a woman accused of adultery by religious leaders]