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  • Rep. Esty responds after keeping on aide accused of abuse: 'I am not resigning'

    03/30/2018 4:43:42 PM PDT · by McGruff · 23 replies
    CNN ^ | March 30, 2018 | Sunlen Serfaty
    Democratic Rep. Elizabeth Esty, who has apologized after she kept on a top aide for several months despite having learned of abuse allegations against him, said Friday that she has no plans to resign. "For those who have asked, I want to be clear that I am not resigning," the Connecticut lawmaker said in a statement to CNN. "I have important work to do in Congress including building on the lessons of this horrible series of events." Esty entered into a nondisclosure agreement with her former chief of staff Tony Baker and wrote a reference letter for him even after...
  • Fellow Democrats tell embattled Congresswoman Esty to resign

    03/31/2018 7:52:14 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 10 replies
    Associated Press ^ | 3/31/2018 | Staff
    HARTFORD, Conn. — Some Connecticut Democrats are calling for their embattled colleague U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty to step down for not protecting female staffers who say they experienced violence, death threats and sexual harassment by her former chief of staff. Esty is an outspoken advocate for the #MeToo movement. She has apologized for not protecting the staffers in her Washington office but has dismissed calls for her to resign. Former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz (BY'-suh-wits) says the "emerging story regarding battery, harassment and threatening" from Esty's ex-chief of staff and Esty's handling of the response are "very troubling."...