everyo and everyone watching has been paying. one congressman in particular, blake farenthold spent $84,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit against him. he spent our money to do that and quit congress to avoid paying it. so under this new law that still has to be signed by the president, people can t do that anymore. they have to pay out of pocket for their disgusting behavior. we should note there have been multiple members of congress that have resigned. blank farenthold is just one. there are many crazy stories. let s talk about trent franks. trent franks resigned from congress because he asked two female aides to carry his baby. blake farenthold said tuo an aie he had wet dreams about her and she could show her tatas whenever. another one got sued, spent
differentiate. what s more helpful is to talk about accountability. we need accountability in every circumstance and what that looks like from one situation may look different in another. but where the precise line is is something that we re continuing to navigate. it moves. it moves. it s a complicated situation, complex facts in different situations. let s talk about al franken. he s resigned. he just addressed his voters in minnesota for, i believe, the last time. lots of voters out there don t want him to do so. a public policy poll says the majority of minnesota voters do not want him to resign. blank farenthold in texas is not resigning. he paid out money in a slush fund and he s not resigning. and paid more than conyers paid out who did resign. do you need to be clear about the standards in congress? if blake farenthold isn t resigning, should al franken? or should it be very clear that blank farenthold should be
settle a lawsuit alleging harassment that involved florida democrat alcee hastings. hastings has denied the claims calling them ludicrous and told roll call he d not seen the settlement and didn t know until after the fact saying, quote, i am outraged that any taxpayer dlrps needlessly paid to a former congressional staffer. one republican congresswoman has called on blank farenthold to step down. he used federal tax dollars to settle a claim. he s drawn nine challengers in his upcoming election. joining me now is capitol hill reporter leigh ann caldwell. we have, obviously, you and i have been working on a lot of these stories. this was, i would say, a week where i couldn t we couldn t have made it up. what happens next here? i mean, yeah, you can t make tup. three members of congress, two