Year. Now, accusations from former staffers include sexually graphic jokes and comments. Farenthold is suspected of using taxpayer funds to settle a 2014 harassment lawsuit. Hes accused of berating aides and creating a hostile Work Environment. I allowed the personal stress of the job to manifest itself in angry out outbursts. I think hes made the right decision that hes going to be leaving congress. Reporter the House Ethics Committee will begin investigating claims against farenthold. Misconduct accusations the senators resignation has not yet been set. Also this week you may recall three women who went public during the campaign with accusations of Sexual Misconduct on the part of donald trump, one more time and there is now a growing group of Congress Women who would like there to be a House Oversight investigation. Live on capitol hill, im Melanie Alnwick fox5 local news. Thanks mel. 4 32 right now. These are new images of a man wanted for a deadly stabbing in alexandria. Endless
More Sexual Misconduct reported on the hill. This time republican representative blake farenthold. He is the latest to announce hes stepping down all this while calls continue for an investigation into the president. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live on capitol hill now with the latest. Good morning, mel. Reporter and good morning. The texas congressman says that the allegations brought by a former Communications Director against him are false. Nonetheless he said he will not seek reelection next year. Accusations from former staffers include allegations of sexually graphic jokes and comments farenthold is also suspected of using taxpayer funds to settle a 2014 harassment lawsuit filed pie one of those staffers. The texan is accused of berating aides and creating a hostile work environment. He apologized on facebook. Face. Stress of the job to manifest itself in angry outbursts. Unacceptable behavior has been alleged no those stories and i think hes made the right decision that hes going t
Of this year. Now, some of those accusations include graphic jokes, sexually graphic jokes and comments. Farenthold is suspected of using taxpayer funds some 84,000 to settle a 2014 harassment lawsuit filed pie one of those staffers. The texan is also accused of berating aides and creating a hostile work environment. He apologized on facebook. I allowed the personal stress of the job to manifest itself in angry outbursts. Unacceptable behavior has been alleged in those stories and i think hes made the right decision that hes going to be leaving congress. Reporter the House Ethics Committee will be investigating claims against farenthold. Misconduct accusations in the u. S. House forced out john conyers and trent franks. Texas republican joe barton also wont seek reelection after a nude photo of him surfaced online in november. And in the senate, democrat al frankens replacement has been named. Though the senor set. Also this week three women who went public with accusations of Sexual M
Look at the camera above below rather. Things are jammed up on the outer loop by New Hampshire avenue. A full look at your traffic and some metro issues on the red line this weekend next. Allison and steve. Erin thanks very much. Lets get on to the news right now. The Sexual Misconduct scandal sweeps up another lawmaker on the hill. Republican Blake Farenthold the latest to announce hes stepping down all this while calls continue for an investigation into the president. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live on capitol hill now with the latest. Mel. Reporter well, steve and allison, congressman Blake Farenthold of ssaid that the claims that the claims brought by a former Communications Director are false but still he announced that he will not seek reelection next year. Now some of the accusations include sexual jokes, comments and a hostile work environment. Farenthold reportedly used taxpayer funds to settle a 2014 harassment lawsuit filed by that staff. In an apology on facebook, farenthold
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