The House Ethics Committee found "substantial reason to believe" that Rep. Chuck Edwards violated House rules on sexual harassment and recommended the full chamber censure the North Carolina Republican, a move Edwards's campaign says "completely exonerates" him. The committee released its report Monday after reviewing nearly 1,500 pages of evidence and conducting 16 witness interviews, […] The post House Ethics Committee recommends censure of Rep. Chuck Edwards over sexual harassment findings appeared first on American Almanac .
The House Ethics Committee found "substantial reason to believe" that Rep. Chuck Edwards violated House rules on sexual harassment and recommended the full chamber censure the North Carolina Republican, a move Edwards's campaign says "completely exonerates" him. The committee released its report Monday after reviewing nearly 1,500 pages of evidence and conducting 16 witness interviews, including one with Edwards himself. The investigation concluded that Edwards engaged in what the panel called "persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct" toward two young female staffers in his congressional office. The committee said it would bring a privileged resolution before the House chamber when members return from recess later this month. …Open
Gavin Newsom's former mistress has published a detailed account of their affair in Vanity Fair, and claims then-District Attorney Kamala Harris privately counseled her to say nothing when the scandal broke. Ruby Rippey, who served as appointments secretary to then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, laid out the relationship in a first-person essay that disputes key […] The post Ruby Rippey breaks silence on Newsom affair, says Kamala Harris urged her to stay quiet appeared first on American Almanac .
Gavin Newsom's former mistress has published a detailed account of their affair in Vanity Fair, and claims then-District Attorney Kamala Harris privately counseled her to say nothing when the scandal broke. Ruby Rippey, who served as appointments secretary to then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, laid out the relationship in a first-person essay that disputes key parts of Newsom's own telling and pulls Harris directly into the aftermath. Rippey says Harris, who was San Francisco's top prosecutor at the time, told her to "pause" and turn down a book deal rather than speak publicly about what happened. The essay, published Tuesday in Vanity Fair, recounts an affair that began at City Hall, stretched across months, and ended only after…Open
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told Axios Tuesday he supports banning members of Congress from having romantic or sexual relationships with Capitol Hill staff, adding momentum to a discussion about tightening House workplace rules. Why it matters: Congress has been rocked this year by a series of sexual misconduct scandals , prompting bipartisan conversations about reforming how the House deals with sexual harassment and misconduct. - "I think it's inappropriate, as it would be in any workplace," Johnson told Axios when asked about lawmakers engaging in relationships with staffers. - "We should, at a bare minimum in Congress, have, you know, rules and traditions that are adhered to in corporate America, so that's an easy one for…