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Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) on Monday hesitated to call out Hillary Clinton for ignoring recommendations to fire a top adviser accused of sexual harassment moments before saying "no one is above criticism" when it comes to sexual misconduct as she castigated President Donald Trump and former Sen. Al Franken (D., Minn.) for alleged misconduct. Gillibrand, whose named has been floated as a potential 2020 presidential candidate, appeared on ABC's "The View" to discuss her efforts "leading the charge to take on sexual misconduct in Washington, D.C." The senator first called on national Republicans to return any campaign donations they...

Moments before President Trump began his State of the Union address, Hillary Clinton posted a 1,566 word statement on Facebook explaining why she didn’t fire Burns Strider, a senior adviser on her 2008 campaign who was accused of repeated sexual-harassment by a young staffer. Last week, a New York Times report revealed that Clinton argued to let Strider keep his job despite his behavior. In her post she wrote, “If I had it to do again, I wouldn’t.” She explained: I did this because I didn’t think firing him was the best solution to the problem. He needed to be...

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday gave an explanation for why she didn't fire a top aide on her 2008 campaign who was accused of sexual harassment by a fellow staffer. Just minutes before President Trump’s first State of the Union address, Clinton posted a lengthy explanation on her Facebook page, in which she said that she would not make the same choice if faced with the situation again. “The most important work of my life has been to support and empower women,” Clinton wrote. “I’m proud that it’s the work I’m most associated with, and it remains what I’m most dedicated...

Burns Strider, Hillary Clinton’s “faith adviser,” sexually harassed a 30-year-old woman with whom he shared an office during the 2008 campaign. Informed about the incident, Hillary refused to fire Strider and assigned the woman to another job instead. Strider was docked several weeks of pay and ordered to undergo counseling. It didn’t work. In 2016, he took a job working for David Brock in a pro-Clinton organization but, there, he was fired after several months for sexual harassment of a young female aide. During the 2016 campaign, Strider sent Hillary daily inspirational messages and psalms. “We share reflections and devotions...

Hillary Clinton reportedly helped protect a senior adviser to her 2008 presidential campaign after accusations that he repeatedly sexually harassed a young subordinate. The New York Times reported Friday on the incident, revealing how Clinton allegedly intervened to help keep the adviser, Burns Strider, on board. According to the Times, the complaint was made by a 30-year-old Clinton staffer who shared an office with Strider. She reportedly told a campaign official that Strider had rubbed her shoulders inappropriately, kissed her on the forehead and sent suggestive emails. Clinton’s 2008 campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, reportedly recommended Clinton fire him. But...

Time Magazine: Democrats Have Got Religion The magazine outlines how front-running Democrat candidates Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards are publicly embracing their faith in an effort to reach conservative voters. Senator Clinton has hired Burns Strider, a congressional staffer and evangelical Baptist, who is assembling a faith steering group from major denominations and sends out a weekly wrap-up, Faith, Family and Values. "Burns is a religious guy who knows how to talk to other religious people like Republicans," said Clinton. When asked about her own faith, she replied, "I've always been very religious. In fact, in my office...

Burns Strider, one of the Democratic Party’s leading strategists on winning over evangelicals and other values-driven voters, will join Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as she prepares to launch her 2008 presidential campaign... ...Strider’s move to Clinton’s camp suggests that Democrats will woo so-called faith voters in the 2008 election. The plan is buoyed by the Democrats’ success in winning over religious voters in Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania in the midterm elections.

An “evangelical consultant” has been hired by Hillary Clinton to help attract Christian conservatives in her likely 2008 presidential campaign. More than one-quarter of the USA's voters identify themselves as evangelical, a voter bloc that has long been courted by Republicans. In addition, a similar political operative has successfully aided Democratic candidates in several states in the midterm elections. Clinton’s new hire is Burns Strider, an evangelical Christian who directs religious outreach for House Democrats and is the lead staffer for the Democrats’ Faith Working Group, headed by incoming Majority Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina. Incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi...