OK, I just put that out there to get an idea where the standard for resigning should be.
Pretty sure the standard for resigning (in an actual Republic where a moral/criminal code still applied) would be subordniate to the standard for making an arrest given evidence that a violation of the criminal code had occured.
For Example, a violation of the UCMJ:
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45. Article 120Rape and sexual assault generally
(g) Definitions. In this section:
(2) Sexual contact. The term sexual contact
means
(A) touching, or causing another person to
touch, either directly or through the clothing, the
genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks
of any person, with an intent to abuse, humiliate,
or degrade any person; or...
(8) Consent.
...
(B) A sleeping, unconscious, or incompetent person cannot consent. A person cannot consent to force causing or likely to cause death or grievous bodily harm or to being rendered unconscious. A person cannot consent while under threat or fear or under the circumstances described in subparagraph (C) or (D) of subsection (b)(1).
http://www.sapr.mil/public/docs/ucmj/UCMJ_Article120_Rape_Sexual_Assault.pdf
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https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/criminal-hrsp/legacy/2011/02/04/03-10-08dod-ucmj.pdf
So....
OK that really answers something for me. The term sexual assault is thrown around so loosely, I didn’t really have an idea as to what is was. So it could really be something even as tame as tapping someone on the bum?
A person we met recently was in the news for charges of sexual assault. My mind just immediately jumped to “rape”. Since that one article we cannot find out anything more in the news as to what happened after his court date.