Or they could get Heidi Fleiss to talk.
American former madam
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.
The article quoted someone saying, “he’s untouchable”.
I fully agree. Democrats cannot go after Conyers with Franken under scrutiny.
And who knows how many other shoes are yet to drop.
Demi will condemn his behavior and talk about how the system needs to be reformed so this never happens again, blah, blah, blah.
$15 MILLION at LEAST paid out....I want ALL the NAMES!!
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Its our tax money and we have a right to know exactly why it was spent, how it was spent, and who it went to.
Not all of the American people. I, for one, never had the opportunity to vote against any of them except Gore, which I did, the Clintons, which I did, and the Bushes, which I did in the primaries.
What would be great is if they do force Conyers to resign and Franken stays
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That’s an interesting possibility.
Insightful comment!
I know we are all happy about this but I believe I am just a little bit happier. This piece of shit hates cops and at least twice while I was NYPD this bastard ran phony investigations of my department. All it did was give the NYT ammo. Hey Conyers GFY!
Or they could get Heidi Fleiss to talk.
#ShushFund. Good one.
Haven’t heard that yet. Thanks for posting.
Just curious. Who was the keeper of the this shush shush slush fund?
“It’s ‘GOOD’ to be King”
YES, the right to deflower the virgins of the kingdom.
These are the people “leading” our country. Is it any wonder this country is so fiscally/morally screwed up?
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Yes, we are led by a bunch of liars, cheats and misfits. But they only get there, and remain there, because we elect them. Its a sad reflection on the country and the state of our democracy.
Term limits would help. These scoundrels stay in office way too long.
TERM LIMITS!!!!!!!!!!!
TERM LIMITS!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like he learned a trick or two from his mentor,
Coleman Young.
We want the entire list of every taxpayer-funded sexual predator, please. This should be easy to find out because some records of payouts must be available. Why hasn’t the crack national media researched this story???>sarc/
Well, since he is a 26 term congressman with apparent direct access to so much taxpayer money...
Does this make him a “Super Predator”?
we, as a nation, have become desensitized to scandals
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Yep. Just another day.
And tolerating bad behavior only leads to more of it.
Wonder if Conyers was at Kwame’s mayor’s mansion party where the woman got killed?
Wonder how prison treated Conyer’s wife Monica and is treating Detroit ex-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
“Democrats cannot go after Conyers with Franken under scrutiny.”......
Why not a “Twofer”? Get them both at one time, be done with them and move on to the next and the next. So many, so little time.
Your excellent summary on this lying sexual predator is excellent.
However, if we knew the reality of his criminal actions, that might fill size able cloud of storage.
If a careless, incompetent captain hits an iceberg, you go down with the ship.
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