understands that there needs to be aggressive action from the white house to respond to this. the president appears out of step with many when it comes to this issue. david? kelly, thank you very much. ankkelly o donnell at the white house for us in washington. last october, the accused florida congressman frederica wilson about bragging for credit for an fbi building. john kelly found himself in hot water a little more than a week later when he called robert e. lee, an honorable man and suggested a lack of compromise caused the u.s. civil war. just this week he angered many immigrant rights supporters when he suggested some young immigrants were too lazy and too afraid to sign up for daca. with me now, los angeles times columnist and host of the slate podcast, virginia hefernan. let me start with you.
described a pattern of sexual misconduct. in a statement he says, the idea that i ever assaulted any woman is preposterous. we find ourselves in a world with people can make allegations regardless of the truth, and a person is left with the choice of weathering insulting publicity or engaging in multiyear lawsuits. it s deplorable for anyone to find themselves in this situation. wynn s company released a statement reading in part about its harassment hotline. since the inception of the company, not one complaint was made to that hotline regarding mr. wynn. chris kirk ham, one of the wall street journal reporter that broke the story, and virginia hefernan and writer for op-ed times. chris, what did people tell you about the behavior they observed and had been a part of? sure. like you said, we discussed this with dozens of former employees who either were on the receiving end of some of these unwanted