Posted on 11/22/2017 8:44:01 PM PST by Boomer
A lawyer for Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., said late Wednesday that his client does not intend to quit Congress amid multiple sexual harassment allegations.
In a statement, Arnold Reed said that Conyers "will not be forced out of office based on the agenda of others" and claimed that "[i]f people were required to resign over allegations, a lot of people would be out of work in this country including, many members of the house[sic], senate[sic], and even the president."
The 88-year-old Conyers is the subject of an investigation by the House Ethics Committee after BuzzFeed reported Monday that his office paid a woman more than $27,000 under a confidentiality agreement to settle a complaint in 2015 that she was fired from his Washington staff because she rejected his sexual advances.
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Black men never admit wrongdoing. Slavery was wrong so we owe them. Just ask Bill Clinton or Pete Rose.
Why would he step down or resign? He’s a Democrat! Aren’t they signed onto that other “rule of law” that you and I aren’t? I mean, just because he shelled out $27K of our money to hush the women he harassed doesn’t make him guilty of any wrongdoing. Shame on you! /s/
Democrats NEVER have to resign, but Republicans, they always have to resign according to the leftist media
Lefties said that Franken shouldn’t have to resign because he admitted the acts (which were photographed by the way)
I wonder what excuse they’ll have for this guy?
He’s a protected species, and already of dinosaur age. Any legal or congressional consequences will not happen before his demise. In fact, why not live it up, in your face? He would be good at it and die happy. I would contend he will face no punishment or retribution in his lifetime.
THAT'S FIFTY-TWO FREAKIN' YEARS !!!
Leni
“In a statement, Arnold Reed said that Conyers “will not be forced out of office based on the agenda of others” and claimed that “[i]f people were required to resign over allegations, a lot of people would be out of work in this country including, many members of the house[sic], senate[sic], and even the president.”
Funny how they don’t say that when it comes to Judge Moore.
Hope mine works when I’m 88y/o.
It’s the Marion Berry Defense: “De Bitch done set me up!”
Pride goes before a fall. He’s toast
Why does Conyers think its his decision to make?
Taxpayers have the ultimate say.....and we want him OUT.
He’s 88!?
Get the hell out Conyers!
They all learned from Bill Clinton - in an earlier era, even rumors of stuff like this could have driven politicians out of office, but the world saw Clinton shamelessly lie, get caught, impeached and still finish out his presidency with liberals everywhere throwing away every last shred of principle to defend him. Why should guys like Conyers, Franken and Joe Barton walk away - they learned from Clinton, they know that there will be partisans on either side willing to back them despite everything and they can ride this out.
THIS JUST IN-—’Half-dressed’ Conyers reportedly called staffer to office / NY POST / November 22, 2017
A powerful Washington DC woman—— a lawyer ——— reportedly said she was berated by Congressman John Conyers while working for him and was once summoned to his office where he was not wearing pants....clad only in shorts.
Even Mugabe resigned.
NBC NEWS REPORT-—Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., one of the House members pushing hardest to reform the system of reporting sexual harassment complaints within Congress, said John Conyers’ characterization of a settlement he made with an aide using tax dollars from his office budget simply represented another way to bypass accountability.
Speier has been critical of the reporting process run under the auspices of the Office of Compliance in Congress, which has settled all types of work place complaints. She noted that the avenue Conyers used has even less oversight.
“Beyond the sexual harassment allegations are allegations that call into question the amount of money that is used to settle sexual harassment cases, and whether some Members are using their taxpayer-funded office budgets to make settlements under the guise of severance payments,”
Speier said in a statement. “If this is true, the amount of taxpayer money used to settle these cases is even higher than the number that’s been provided by the Office of Compliance.”
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