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To: rodguy911; null and void; aragorn; azishot; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; Beautiful_Gracious_Skies; ...

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https://nypost.com/2017/11/21/shut-down-the-politicians-sex-scandal-hush-funds/

The real scandal is that we, the people, pay the settlement costs and legal fees when members of Congress get caught with their pants down.

On Monday, BuzzFeed reported that in 2015, Michigan Rep. John Conyers, top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee and the longest-serving current House member, used taxpayer funds to settle a complaint from a staff member about unwanted sexual advances. The $27,000 was paid in exchange for a confidentiality agreement. On Tuesday, Conyers denied harassing anyone, but acknowledged the settlement.

This year alone, the US Treasury has confidentially paid $934,754 to settle sexual harassment and other complaints against members of Congress and their staff.

Similar hush money has been paid out annually ever since Congress passed the Congressional Accountability Act. That 1995 law makes members and their employees anything but accountable. If they’re accused of discrimination or harassment, settlement costs get bankrolled by taxpayers. - Secretly.

Thanks, rodguy. Monica’s boyfriend was president in 1995.


212 posted on 09/30/2018 12:46:05 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: LucyT

Any time for you Lucyt! Bigger question is just how deep is the deep state?


218 posted on 09/30/2018 12:48:29 PM PDT by rodguy911 (Home of the free because of the brave! MAGA!!)
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To: LucyT; rodguy911
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222 posted on 09/30/2018 12:52:55 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: LucyT

A million of our tax dollars and the year isn’t over yet.

Or is this the fiscal year starting Sept. 1?


228 posted on 09/30/2018 12:56:57 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: LucyT

I sent this to Trump everyone should.


240 posted on 09/30/2018 1:32:18 PM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT ( Amos5:15 Hate evil, love good, And establish justice in the (gate) Court.)
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