First leak from that $15-million harassment-silencing slush fund

[GURPS]

It turns out that the effort to keep taxpayers ignorant of harassment claims paid to victims of abusive members of Congress – using our own money – may be futile in a least some cases. The victims signed confidentiality agreements, and so did Congress. So the two sides are mutually forbidden to spill the beans.

But the veil of silence does not cover third parties who were aware of the harassment and settlements. And people do talk among themselves about such scandalous doings. Not only that, but once they see other people talking, those in the know are inspired to loosen their lips. Thus, we learn from The Hill:

Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the longest-serving current House member, reportedly settled a wrongful dismissal complaint in 2015 after a former employee accused him of firing her for resisting his "sexual advances."

Four former staffers signed affidavits, three of which were notarized, saying that Conyers, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, repeatedly made engaged in unwanted sexual behavior with his female staff, BuzzFeed News reported Monday night.

Documents examined by BuzzFeed described a wide-range of inappropriate conduct, including making requests for sexual favors, caressing and touching, as well as having his staff contact and transport women they believed were sexually involved with him.

Four unnamed sources who were involved with the case confirmed to BuzzFeed News that the documents are authentic.​

First leak from that $15-million harassment-silencing slush fund in Congress hits iconic Dem

 

[Monello]

Pretty soon we will need scorecards to try and keep up with who's doing the harassing and abusing. What's the count up to now?

 

[GURPS]

Cokie Roberts: Oh, We All Knew To Avoid Getting in An Elevator With Rep. Conyers


Speaking on ABC's "This Week," Cokie Roberts made a startling admission: "every female in the press corps knew" to avoid being in an elevator with Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), and has apparently known about this "for years." Conyers has been accused of multiple instances of sexual harassment and has stepped down from the House Judiciary Committee.

Despite the allegations against him, major players in the Democratic Party have defended Conyers and will not say that he should resign. Pelosi even referred to the embattled congressman as an "icon."

Roberts was discussing the current culture on Capitol Hill with Martha Raddatz and Anna Palmer. Roberts said that while this has been the status quo for decades, she believes that things could change now that people are coming public with their experiences.

"The fact that people are willing to be public can change things. I mean, we all talked about for years," said Roberts.

Further, Roberts says that it "does make a difference" now that women are not being shy about this kind of misconduct. Roberts implied that Conyers' predatory behavior was an open secret among the press corps.

again with progressives 'everyone' new this guy was scummy .....

 

[Hijinx]

An open secret they never bothered to report.
But they want Roy Moore's head on a platter.

These people aren't journalists they are cultists.
They belong to the Democrat cult.