Posted on 11/21/2017 6:44:37 AM PST by Kaslin
Michigan Rep. John Conyers reportedly settled a wrongful dismissal complaint in 2015 with a former staffer who accused the Democrat of firing her because she would not “succumb to [his] sexual advances.”
Four former staffers signed affidavits alleging that the longest serving House member made repeated sexual advances to his female staffers as well as having members of his staff contact and transport women they believe he was having affairs with. Two of the women stated in their affidavits that they thought he was using office funds to pay for their travel to and from his apartment and hotel rooms.
Among the other inappropriate sexual behavior named was caressing, touching, and asking for sexual favors.
The woman who settled with the congressman went through a lengthy process in dealing with Conyers’ unwanted sexual advances.
The woman who settled with Conyers launched the complaint with the Office of Compliance in 2014, alleging she was fired for refusing his sexual advances, and ended up facing a daunting process that ended with a confidentiality agreement in exchange for a settlement of more than $27,000. Her settlement, however, came from Conyers’ office budget rather than the designated fund for settlements.Congress has no human resources department. Instead, congressional employees have 180 days to report a sexual harassment incident to the Office of Compliance, which then leads to a lengthy process that involves counseling and mediation, and requires the signing of a confidentiality agreement before a complaint can go forward.
After this an employee can choose to take the matter to federal district court, but another avenue is available: an administrative hearing, after which a negotiation and settlement may follow. (BuzzFeed)
“I was basically blackballed. There was nowhere I could go,” the woman told BuzzFeed News.
She said in her complaint the Democrat often wanted her to join him in his hotel room and one evening asked her to work out of his room. When she arrived, however, he only discussed his sexual fantasies and wanted her to “touch it.”
Another time Conyers wanted her to stay in his room while traveling for a fundraising event. When she refused he said “just cuddle up with me and caress me before you go,” she alleged.
“Rep. Conyers strongly postulated that the performing of personal service or favors would be looked upon favorably and lead to salary increases or promotions,” the former employee stated in the documents.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told BuzzFeed she was unaware of the settlement.
Forget locking him up.
LIGHT HIM UP!
Demand the release of those who our tax dollars were fleeced to pay for their ‘settlements’. I’ll guarantee you they hope that by offering this doddering old fart up for sacrifice will diminish the calls to release the names.
Release them all and, convince someone to compile and release the “creep list’.
TIP OF THE ICEBERG
<><>Conyers is a founding member of The Black Congressional Caucus---God knows what thievery and crimes lurk behind those closed doors. Black Caucus members get an EXTRA 10,000 each in addition to the tax dollars extorted to run this braid dead caucus,
Conyers’ history of shady doings in office is deplorable....and long. How often does this happen with our tax dollars?
<><>In 2016, his then-COS Cynthia Martin pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property after she refused to reimburse $16,500 that was mistakenly deposited in her account.......the Office of Congressional Ethics found Conyers continued to pay Martin more than $13,000 per month when she was supposedly on unpaid leave.
<><> In 2006, two former aides complained that Conyers made them babysit his children, run errands, and work on his reelection campaign while drawing their congressional salaries.
<><>There was also a bizarre incident in 2005 when 60 Thanksgiving turkeys, given to his staff to disperse to people, may have gone missing.
<><> Conyers’ wife, former Detroit city councilor Monica Conyers, was sentenced to three years in prison over bribery charges in 2010.
<><> While his wife was in jail, observers say they saw Conyers accompanied by a succession of young woman back home.
Twenty-six term Congressman John James Conyers Jr. (born May 16, 1929) is an American Democratic politician and a U.S. Representative for Michigan’s 13th congressional district. The district includes the western half of Detroit, as well as River Rouge, Ecorse, Redford Township, Dearborn Heights, Highland Park, Westland, Garden City, Inkster, Wayne, and Romulus.
As the longest-serving active Representative, he is the Dean of the House of Representatives, as well the last remaining member of either body that has been serving since the 1960s and the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson.
After serving in the Korean War, Conyers became active in the civil rights movement. He also served as an aide to Congressman John Dingell before winning election to the House in 1964. He co-founded the Congressional Black Caucus in 1969 and established a reputation as one of the most liberal members of Congress.
Conyers joined the liberal Congressional Progressive Caucus after it was founded in 1991. Conyers supports the creation of a single-payer healthcare system and sponsored the United States National Health Care Act to achieve that goal.
He also sponsored a bill to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday. Conyers ran for Mayor of Detroit in 1989 and 1993 but was defeated in the Democratic primary in both elections.
Conyers serves as the ranking member of the House Committee on the Judiciary. He previously served as chairman of that committee from 2007 to 2011 and as Chairman of the House Oversight Committee from 1989 to 1995. Conyers is one of seven individuals and the only African-American to have served in Congress for at least fifty years. (source WIKI)
Excellent point about men endorsing abortion——stupid femiNazis think the men are supporting women.
Not true. Men see abortion as an escape from their responsibilities. They dont give a dam about women.
(HAT TIP CHERRIO) RATs are pure evil if for no other reason their worship at the alter of abortion. They need abortion to keep themselves safe from all these “outside (marriage) activities”.
Isn’t it ironic that the most self righteous and obnoxious democrats - Weiner, Conyers and Franken - turn out to be pigs in their own right. Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch.
Pelosi, and every other Congress person, knows everything about every body.
The process to file a complaint requires the victim to go through counseling. Why hasn’t Pelosi and all the other female members stopped that?
Conyers is the male version of Mad Maxine and just a freakishly twisted.
....just as freakishly twisted....
As the sex escapades of staunch liberals unfold, we now see that a “compassionate liberal male” defending a woman’s right to an abortion means something far different to him.....it means he does not have to shoulder his responsibility to the infant.
I can almost hear the “impartial” Candy Crowley or Wolf Blitzer interviewing the Clintons: “After he got lubed by Monica Lewinsky in the Oval Office, then-pres Clinton handily survived b/c of his awesome political survival skills and his political effectiveness...b/c of the citizenry’s distaste for “ evil Republican” who repeatedly overreached...... and b/c Clinton brought the US peace and prosperity by protecting a woman’s right to abortion”
The genital-sniffing Planned Parenthood abortion worshippers who populate the Dem party are crazy over the Clintons.... God only knows what blood and gore Hillary will throw the genital-sniffing rubbermaids to assure them “aggression over the unborn” will continue...and is her prime interest.
It is the credo of the Democrat Party that vote-crazed Dem pols must keep the snarling abortion worshippers at bay by upping the political ante every election cycle.
Hillary would endorse post-birth abortions as the true measure of her abortion worship........if it means votes for Democrats.
Certainly Mr. Conyers wasn’t the sole benficiary from the Hush Hush Sweet Slush Fund. The other names should be brought forth. I suspect as those names come out , there are going to be a lot of cooked gooses on the menu this Thanksgiving.
Well, they along with the other rats in DC are hypocrites. So what do you expect?
And SOME of us are here for all that free sex. It's why we need that mil and a half or so per year for, you know, the settlements if we get caught!
And SOME of us are here for all that free sex. It's why we need that mil and a half or so per year for, you know, the settlements if we get caught!
“Twenty-six term Congressman John James Conyers Jr. . . . “
Herein lies part of the problem.
And, since the Senate likely maintains a similar fund for its members, lets shed some light on that one too.
Someone I work with said that on Drudge, the story indicated that there were up to 7 Dem Reps who pulled the same crap. Trying to confirm.
BLACK CASUS MEMBERS GET AN ADDITIONAL $10.000.00 in pay???
UNBELIEVEABLE ...That is discrimination at its best. and we need to demand that be stopped instantly..
This is an example of Media doing cover up and not reporting this...
WHAT YEAR WAS THE BLACK CASUS PUT INTO POWER? X $10K EACH YEAR. ?
CALL YOUR CONGRESS PERSON ...N O W.
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