Posted on 10/27/2019 9:10:47 PM PDT by KingofZion
Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.) on Sunday announced her resignation from Congress amid an ethics inquiry into allegations that she had an intimate relationship with a congressional staff member in her office.
“It is with a broken heart that today I announce my resignation from Congress,” Hill wrote in a statement. “This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do, but I believe it is the best thing for my constituents, my community, and our country.”
Hill’s spokeswoman said that the resignation is not immediate and that Hill is still deciding on when she will leave office. Her announcement was first reported by Politico, which said that she planned to resign by the end of the week.
Last week, the House Ethics Committee opened an investigation into allegations that Hill was romantically involved with her legislative director, Graham Kelly, a relationship that would violate House ethics rules.
Hill was seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party, a 32-year-old lawmaker who flipped a Republican-held seat in a district northeast of Los Angeles.
Her departure came swiftly after allegations surfaced about a week ago in an article on the conservative website RedState.org. The article alleged that Hill and her husband were in a consensual three-person relationship with a woman on her campaign team. The article included text messages it said were between Hill and the woman as well as intimate photos of them together. Hill is openly bisexual.
The article also alleged that Hill was involved romantically with Kelly.
Under House ethics rules adopted last year in response to high-profile sexual harassment claims involving members of Congress, it is against the official code of conduct for members to “engage in a sexual relationship with any employee” who works for the member.
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Good riddance.
Her mother must be very proud.
If she still has a security clearance, it needs to be yanked.
Pronto.
Human scum.
People ruled by their private parts do not make good congress people. Need proof? Just look at the democrat party.
The good news is that she can always have a second career as a porn actress.
Wait. I thought Andrea Mitchell and Schmucky Chuck Todd had already declared that Hill was totally innocent and just being smeared by the right wing.
Or hairdresser.
Hill is also the first congresswoman to resign due to a sex scandal. LMAO
That makes her the first homosexual congresswoman to resign due to a sex scandal as well.
Why do I think there is something else that she’s hoping doesn’t drop?
this leftist hypocrite skank is the best advertisement for limited government there is.
They made damn sure to get her wedding ring in that campaign photo.
We couldn’t make this sh!t up if we tried.
The first bisexual hotwiife congressperson to resign over a sex scandal(?)...
Mortified on her behalf.
I hope she finds peace and recovery. There are a lot of great churches in her district.
Does she know anything about Bar Tending?
Isn’t Omar having an affair with a staff member?
Vote harvesting couldn’t save her. Never made a full year in office.
It may be that she is trysexual and there are pics of her trying animals for all we know. I think that is still taboo amongst Dems. (At least officially so pics are a no no)
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