Texas Congressman Runs What Former Aides Call a Hostile Workplace

New York ^ | 12/1/17 | SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

[Joe Dallas]

WASHINGTON — When Lauren Greene, a former communications director for Representative Blake Farenthold, sued him claiming sexual harassment, among her complaints was that he “disclosed that a female lobbyist had propositioned him for ‘a threesome.’”

Mr. Farenthold, in legal documents, said that Ms. Greene had it wrong. The woman wasn’t a lobbyist, he said.

As allegations of sexual misconduct rock Capitol Hill — three lawmakers announced their resignations last week alone — Mr. Farenthold, Republican of Texas, stands out as the survivor. He was sued over accusations of sexual harassment three years ago, paid out an $84,000 settlement, financed by taxpayers, and has an open Ethics Committee investigation into his behavior. Yet only a few Republicans have called for his resignation

[DoodleDawg]

Pay them off and then claim that they are lying. AKA the Bill O’Reilly Defense.

[DoodleDawg]

How many of them sued and got a five or six-figure payout at government expense?

[DoodleDawg]

"I am also pledging to take a leadership role in reforming an obviously broken system to ensure all employees of Congress can work in an environment free from harassment of any form and ensure that individuals who perpetrate harassment of any kind are exposed and held responsible."

Present company excepted of course.

If the House Ethics Committee found there was no reason to think he did it, and the House Employment Counsel thought there was enough evidence he did it to justify an $84,000 settlement then I'd say one of the two organizations is not doing their job.

[SanchoP]

The HEC is sitting on a huge pile of taxpayer cash and had no interest in the validity of the claim tells me volumes.

This is all just tabloid window dressing to hide the coup attempt by the DC oligarchs.

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their consciences. -- C. S. Lewis