Detroit – An attorney representing one of the women alleging sexual harassment by U.S. Rep. John Conyers says the House Ethics Committee investigating the congressman has agreed to subpoena her client. Attorney Lisa Bloom says in an emailed letter to Ethics Committee Chief Counsel Tom Rust ...
A gossip writer says disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein tried to recruit him to pose as an author to get dirt on the women who accused him of sexual assault. Appearing on Heather McDonald's “Juicy Scoop” podcast, former New York columnist A.J. Benza said that in December of last year, ...
The House joined the Senate this week in mandating sexual harassment training for all members and staff in an effort to combat apparent wide spread sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill. Yet, studies have shown that training is not substantially effective at minimizing rates of harassment. Other bipartisan ...
The firm said that the accuser and a current staff member declined its interview requests, and while the five involved in the settlement – former House Speaker Jeff Hoover, GOP Reps. Jim DeCesare, Brian Linder and Michael Meredith and Chief of Staff Ginger Wills – spoke to investigators, they “refused ...
DETROIT (AP) — An attorney representing one of the women alleging sexual harassment by U.S. Rep. John Conyers says her client is expected to testify before the House Ethics Committee. Lisa Bloom tells The Associated Press Friday that she and Marion Brown hope the testimony sometime next ...
Top executives at NBC News learned two other news outlets were working on articles about sexual misconduct involving former TODAY co-host Matt Lauer several weeks before the accuser came forward. When asked directly about misconduct, Lauer said he “couldn't think of anything at all.
If a member is accused of something like sexual harassment or assault, the process of allegedly dealing with it starts with a 30-day “cooling-off” period, during which an accuser has to continue going to work while being counseled about workplace rights. That is followed by a 15-day waiting period during ...
Former House Speaker Jeff Hoover, R-Jamestown, resigned his leadership post Nov. 5, but kept his House seat, after he admitted sending inappropriate text messages to his accuser. He denied any sexual harassment. The three other Republicans in the complaint are Reps. Jim DeCesare of Rockfield, ...
In late 2015, when his accuser agreed to drop her lawsuit, Farenthold's office declined to comment on whether there had been a settlement. Had there not been one, saying so would have been overwhelmingly in the Corpus Christi Republican's best interest. So, declining to comment was tantamount to ...
