executive chamber contributed to the conditions that allowed the sexual harassing conduct of the governor to occur and persist. the culture also, through violations of their own policies and through unlawful retaliation. what was the culture? words that witnesses have used repeatedly to describe it include, toxic, hostile, abusive. others use words like, fear, intimidation, bullying, vindictive. as one senior staffer stated bluntly, as the sexual harassment allegations became public in march of this year in text exchanges with others in the administration, i quote,