Posted on 11/26/2017 11:41:07 AM PST by Kaslin
Michigan Rep. John Conyers on Sunday stepped aside as the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, but again denied recent allegations of sexual and inappropriate conduct.
“In light of the attention drawn by recent allegations made against me, I have notified the Democratic leader of my request to step aside as ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee during the investigation of these matters,” Conyers said in a statement.
The 88-year-old Conyers, starting last week, was hit with several allegations of misconduct while in Congress that are now being investigated by the House Ethics Committee.
The news website BuzzFeed reported Monday that Conyers' 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.
The ethics committee announced the following day that it had begun an investigation into Conyers, after receiving allegations of sexual harassment and age discrimination involving staff members and about the congressman using "official resources for impermissible personal purposes."
And later in the week, Melanie Sloan, a lawyer who worked with Conyers on the House Judiciary Committee, said she was called into the long-serving congressman's office to discuss an issue and found him “walking around in his underwear.”
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Was that a blink I just saw?
It will be blamed on his meds and/or old age.
Hasn’t he been caught in corruption before?
What is he doing on the judiciary committee?
I’d call it a half-step in the right direction. Once he’s completely gone (resigns) then there’ll be a precedent, and no way for Alfranken to stay.
Close, but no Cigar.
Conyers was damaged goods to the Dems in addition to being too senile and incompetent to chair the Judiciary Committee. They will put in an lunatic anti-Trump party hack as chairman and hope they can regain the majority in 2018. If they do they will start impeachment show trials with Trump’s accusers and turn the Congress into and even greater circus than it is today.
If he has done no wrong, like he asserted, then why step aside as ranking Minority member?
Not Chairman, ranking Minority member.
Two comments:
1) Bwa-hahahahahah! He's a DEMOCRAT!
2) You're right. Any man of honor WOULD resign. But we're talking about John Conyers here. I wouldn't hold my breath.
His lawyer threatens to clear the swamp if they don’t back off.
Buy more popcorn!
With Moore, the Senate will be in better shape numerically. I think we can count on him to go our way much of the time.
It’ll be just that much harder for the McCainiac and other who want to block everything.
I’d like to see us pick up more Senate seats next year, but it’s hard to do.
I can’t say the Democrats couldn’t take the majority, but I seriously doubt it.
They have far more seats open next year than we do.
This is a good setting for us, if we can capitalize on it.
I can hear his condescending tone of voice questioning people who sit much lower than the high and mighty Senators. Sickening.
Oh what am I saying? No liberal is.
That means he’s not resigning from congress.
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