so clearly many more questions here, brooke. >> and then the other layer to this is, who knew about the settlements. i've seen quotes from the former house speaker saying wasn't aware and leader pelosi had no idea. who knew? >> that's right. that is the biggest question here as we dig deeper into this story. first and foremost we're hearing from speaker of the house paul ryan calls this -- deeply troubling report and says it is clear that changes need to be made in the system and that is what is troubling about the story beneath the surface is the fact that as buzzfeed reports the settlement was reached with one of the woman in 2015 and she got paid $27,000, importantly, from the congressman's own office. that came out of the budget for his office. and that's important because as we've been reporting in recent weeks the process on capitol hill right now is that complaints go through the office of compliance. if it reaches the point of a settlement, then if they're paid out from a fund set up from the u.s. treasury.

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