Well, here it is: Rep John Conyers settled sexual harassment complaints

[octoberlib]

Michigan Rep. John Conyers, a Democrat and the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives, settled a wrongful dismissal complaint in 2015 with a former employee who alleged she was fired because she would not “succumb to [his] sexual advances.”

Documents from the complaint obtained by BuzzFeed News include four signed affidavits, three of which are notarized, from former staff members who allege that Conyers, the ranking Democrat on the powerful House Judiciary Committee, repeatedly made sexual advances to female staff that included requests for sexual favors, contacting and transporting other women with whom they believed Conyers was having affairs, caressing their hands sexually, and rubbing their legs and backs in public. Four people involved with the case verified the documents are authentic.

The woman who settled with Conyers launched the complaint in 2014 with Congress’s Office of Compliance alleging that 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 $27,111.75 settlement. Her settlement, however, came from Conyers’ office budget rather than the designated fund for settlements.

The documents were first provided to BuzzFeed News by Mike Cernovich, the men's rights figure turned pro-Trump media activist who propagated a number of false conspiracy theories including the “Pizzagate” conspiracy. Cernovich said he gave the documents to BuzzFeed News for vetting and further reporting, and because he said if he published them himself, Democrats and congressional leaders would “try to discredit the story by attacking the messenger.” He provided them without conditions. BuzzFeed News independently confirmed the authenticity of the documents with four people directly involved with the case, including the accuser.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/paulmcleod/she-complained-that-a-powerful-congressman-harassed-her?utm_term=.yvERwg6r5W#.jv4XnMxjRv

[VMA131Marine]

1. That seems fairly cut and dried...

And taxpayers funded the settlement.

[octoberlib]

2. Yep, they have the statements from other staffers. The source was the pizzagate guy,

Mike Cernovich, though.

Link to tweet

[enough]

3. So who's the Republican. Jackie Speier said there was a Democrat and a Republican. NT

[octoberlib]

4. I hope we find out.

[jalan48]

5. This doesn't look good. The fact that the taxpayers bailed him out makes it worse.

[oberliner]

6. Disappointing

To say the least.

[octoberlib]

7. Conyers needs to resign. My guess is Pizzagate guy got the documents from a pro-Trumper

in Congress and we won't be seeing any Republican names released any time soon .

[OnDoutside]

17. Of course there's nothing wrong on the Rep side, for two reasons

one, goatfucking isn't that illegal ....check your evangelist bible
two, goats can't talk .... though you could put them in a locked room with a few Reps to see what happens...

[Control-Z]

8. Well, we knew that one was coming.

It helps buffer the pain an itty bitty tiny bit.

I am still disappointed.

[riverwalker]

9. 88 years old

Should have retired.

[OnDoutside]

16. And his wife is 52, that's a bit of a gap !

So he was 62 and she was 25 when they married.

[Morris64]

10. Vomit.

[Leith]

11. So When Is Cernovich Going to Release the rethug's Name?

Oh! He's not going to?

That might be a good thing for people around here to wonder about instead of calling for just Democrats to be punished.

[octoberlib]

12. He won't. This project is about smearing Democrats to keep the media narrative off

of Roy Moore. That being said, Conyers should have been gone a long time ago.

[octoberlib]

13. Kick.

[Rhiannon12866]

14. How disappointing. He was a real hero here during the Bush* years - and a DU member.

Not to mention the long time employer of Rosa Parks.

[BeyondGeography]

15. What an asshole

A lifetime tenured asshole. This is our ranking member on the Judiciary Committee, people.

[FarCenter]

18. Detroit Free Press, Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post and The Hill have picked the story up