Its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. Politics is a tough business. It puts you in the limelight, but sometimes for the wrong reasons. My guest is katie hill. She was seen as a rising star for the us democrats, but she resigned last year as a congresswoman, barely 12 months in office. She claims she was the victim of sexual double standards after she admitted an inappropriate relationship with a Campaign Staff member and after nude photos of her were published in the media. What does her case tell us about american politics in the metoo era . Katie hill in washington, welcome to hardtalk. You made headlines in november 2018 when you flipped a seat in california from the republicans to the democrats. Young woman, early 30s, rising star and all the rest of it. A year later, you resign. What went wrong . Well, the basics of what went wrong is that i had a relationship preceding my swearing in as a congressional member. And after i left my husband, which was about in th
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