Posted on 11/21/2017 4:58:30 AM PST by MarvinStinson
A leading Democratic congressman settled a wrongful dismissal complaint for more than $27,000 in taxpayer funding after he allegedly fired the staffer because she would not “succumb to [his] sexual advances,” according to a new report.
The congressman, Michigan Rep. John Conyers, is described as a serial sexual harasser who would prey on his female staffers in sworn affidavits signed by four of his former staffers. BuzzFeed News first reported the bombshell allegations and accompanying settlement after right-wing blogger Mike Cernovich provided the website with the documents.
One former female employee filed a complaint with the Congressional Office Of Compliance in 2014, alleging that she was fired for rebuffing Conyers’ sexual advances. It was that employee who eventually received a $27,111.75 settlement in 2015, in exchange for a confidentiality agreement. The congressman did not admit to fault as part of the settlement agreement.
“In her complaint, the former employee said Conyers repeatedly asked her for sexual favors and often asked her to join him in a hotel room. On one occasion, she alleges that Conyers asked her to work out of his room for the evening, but when she arrived the congressman started talking about his sexual desires,” BuzzFeed reported. “She alleged he then told her she needed to ‘touch it,’ in reference to his penis, or find him a woman who would meet his sexual demands.”
Conyers regularly made sexual advances on female staffers and would ask them for sexual favors, according to the affidavits signed by his former staffers. “Rep. Conyers strongly postulated that the performing of personal service or favors would be looked upon favorably and lead to salary increases or promotions,” one former employee said in an affidavit.
He also allegedly abused taxpayer funds to shuttle in women with whom he had sexual relationships.
“One of my duties while working for Rep. Conyers was to keep a list of women that I assumed he was having affairs with and call them at his request and, if necessary, have them flown in using Congressional resources,” one affidavit states. Another staffer told BuzzFeed that Conyers, who is the longest-serving congressman, used taxpayer funds to fly women into see him.
The bombshell allegations come just days after it was revealed that the Congressional Office Of Compliance spent $17 million of taxpayer funding on harassment settlements, including for sexual harassment.
and...... he is black, a true villager
Isn't that embezzling?
$15 MILLION at LEAST paid out....I want ALL the NAMES!!
Oh!This is sweet....hate this idiot!!!
I think it is imperative that Congress read the names of the people in Congress who were part of the 15 million dollar hush money.
John Conyers had the right, under the “Good and Welfare Clause,” among others. Yes! The “Good and Welfare Clause” really exists:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0VYOa2BRbg
It was an entitlement.
I wonder how many of his victims were white...
The conyers NDA has been leaked..
It’s harsh
Dc is a cess pool
But he remains a steadfast fighter for Women and Children and the Poor. Now, Trump, he is a national Emergency and must go, NOW! /psychorats
Oh my, I wonder if this will make this coming Sunday’s episode of “Michigan Matters” with Carol Cain, eh?
I want more info on that..how can it possibly be legal
I bet they’ll kick Conyers to the curb. He is in a safe D district and the Democrats can afford to run someone new (unlike Franken).
What would be great is if they do force Conyers to resign and Franken stays ... a few tweets could point out that the DNC will kick a black man out but keep a white man warts and all.
Let’s watch ...
:-)
Like Marion Barry, decades ago, his voter base will keep him in office.
There’s a lot of puckered up sphincters running around in Washington now.
Wait until the lobbies supplied escorts start breaking over at K street.
<><>Conyers is a founding member of The Black Congressional Caucus---God knows what thievery and crimes lurk behind those closed doors.
Conyers’ history of shady doings in office is deplorable....and long. How often does this happen with our tax dollars?
<><>In 2016, his then-COS Cynthia Martin pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property after she refused to reimburse $16,500 that was mistakenly deposited in her account.......the Office of Congressional Ethics found Conyers continued to pay Martin more than $13,000 per month when she was supposedly on unpaid leave.
<><> In 2006, two former aides complained that Conyers made them babysit his children, run errands, and work on his reelection campaign while drawing their congressional salaries.
<><>There was also a bizarre incident in 2005 when 60 Thanksgiving turkeys, given to his staff to disperse to people, may have gone missing.
<><> Conyers’ wife, former Detroit city councilor Monica Conyers, was sentenced to three years in prison over bribery charges in 2010.
They’re calling it the #ShushFund (a play on Slush Fund) on Twitter...
Still waiting on mccain and biden accusations
Funny irony is that the free love generation is discovering the costs.
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