as long as i m in congress we ll live fearful of what might come next and how much it will hurt. representative hill is referring to private photos that were leaked and published online. of her and a female campaign staffer. hill has admitted to an intimate relationship with the campaign staffer apologizing, calling it inappropriate. but she denies a separate charge, an alleged relationship with her male congressional staffer. a relationship between members of congress and their staff violates house ethics rules. some democrats in hill s district says personal issues don t matter in the trump era. i d rather have someone have something than rather our country. reporter: politically this may matter in the swing district. would we lose the seat to the republicans again? i don t know. i m not saying we would,
2010. longtime new york democratic congressman charlie wrangle was sense sewered after being found guilty of 11 counts of violating house ethics rules. he too resigned and he too was reelected. republican congressman steve king, currently in office has not let repeated racism charges force him out. and bob men ends opted to go through a months long trial facing federal corruption charges with his title as elected official intact. eventually it was declared a mistrial and he, too, was reelected. to those who were digging my political grave so they could jump into my seat, i know who you are, and i won t forget you. reporter: for a powerful politician accused of racism. what they are saying is that i am a racist. reporter: adultery, sexual assault, and harassment. she will not be taking any questions. reporter: and various other crimes and misdeeds. when they have no collusion. reporter: staying and fighting might look like a credible game plan. 2020 is looking really e
officials told nbc the cabinets were urged to alert the fbi about any suspicious overtures to their campaigns. and just days after allegations of abusing government resources at his office, first term republican congressman tom garrett of virginia announcing a tearful video he has a drinking problem and he will not seek reelection in november. because one area where i haven t been honest, the tragedy is that any person, republican, democrat or independent, has known me for any period of time and has any integrity knows two things. i am a good man and i am an alcoholic. this is the hardest statement that i have ever publicly made by far. it s also the truth. garrett a member of the house freedom caucus was the subject of a political report alleging that he and his wife used congressional staff to run errands and take care of their dog according to four former aides. it is a violation of the house ethics rules and federal law to
liking false stories to begin with. house ethics rules. you are not to be giving this information to the press or anyone when it s a closed door session like this. and, yet, somebody and i don t know who else it could have been. i mean, i guess i it could be someone else. he is the only one kept leaving the room. only one out there day after day after day, teasing as you saw with chuck todd not just circumstantial evidence, he said, but we have other evidence of russian collusion. and then there is never, again, it s a perpetual tease. there is never any payoff. yes. i mean, adam schiff has fired more duds than the north korea missile program over the last year and the question is just as much about his culpability at the very least as you say with the ethical violations from the house ethics committee. but, there is also all of
liking false stories to begin with. house ethics rules. you are not to be giving this information to the press or anyone when it s a closed door session like this. and, yet, somebody and i don t know who else it could have been. i mean, i guess i it could be someone else. he is the only one kept leaving the room. only one out there day after day after day, teasing as you saw with chuck todd not just circumstantial evidence, he said, but we have other evidence of russian collusion. and then there is never, again, it s a perpetual tease. there is never any payoff. yes. i mean, adam schiff has fired more duds than the north korea missile program over the last year and the question is just as much about his culpability at the very least as you say with the ethical violations from the house ethics committee. but, there is also all of