but he said he would not resign. then he addressed the press. i would like to take full responsibility for my actions. side of made terrible mistakes that i hurt the people i care about the most. i have not been honest with myself, my family, my constituents, my friends, supporters and the media. last friday night, i tweeted a photograph 6 myself that i intended to sent a direct message as part of a joke to a woman in seattle. once i realized i posted it to twitter, i panicked, i took it down and said i had been hackeded. i continued to stick to that story. this woman was unwittingly dragged into this and absolutely bears no responsibility. i am so sorry to have disrupted her life in this way. to be clear, the picture was of me, and i sent it. i m deeply sorry for the pain this has caused my wife, and our family and my constituents, my friends. i have engaged in several inappropriate conversations, and occasionally on the phone with women i have met online. i have exchanged