this was just a couple of years ago done in secret. that is the case, that is different what we are talking about. other cases i do not know about settlements but the idea that you re using public funds, if that is not common practice on capitol hill, i think that is a problem. and that is why the detroit free press call for him to resign. yet because there s a clear public interest here because of taxpayer money. i have another case with tongass congressman barton. they have a recording of him but some people are saying that joe barton is a victim of revenge porn. is he that he is hard to be a victim of anything beyond his own stupidity. we look at a person in the public eye and he will give privacy laws that govern this kind of rape or porn revenge
Let s discuss. lots to talk about. cnn contributor, new york post columnist and washington examiner reporter selena zito is with us, amy parnes and david drucker. let s talk about the sexual harassment scandals not just sexual harassment but harassment as well as a sexual scandal of some sort. i want to start with congressman barton, he s under the bright lights right now, david. he s not being accused of sexual harassment and nobody is accusing him of breaking any laws, but it s a character question, right? and is it going to look good for republicans to have this out there, him tweeting naked photos or sending people naked photos, videos, having stwra maritextra affairs. is that a problem for the gop? i don t think this is a problem for republicans generally speaking.
Sexual harassment. and the flurry of allegations have lawmakers wrestling with how to handle these controversies. and to expose details, settlements at the expense of taxpayers. and president trump is spending his first thanksgiving as commander in chief at his florida estate. will he once again air his grievances or perhaps on this thanksgiving offer his own message of thanks? we have it all covered. we begin live in washington with our top story reporter: good morning, erica. sexually explicit photo of joe barton surfaced on the internet this week on an announce mouse twitter account. barton has apologized for the lewd photos but also raised the possibility that he s the victim of revenge porn.
Reached out to me and have begun an investigation. if this would be texas law the capitol police don t have jurisdiction down there and no federal revenge porn law. what are the capitol police investigating? unclear why he got he invited the capitol police to get involved and they called him. unclear why he went that route. it is a texas issue, a texas revenge porn law. no federal law barring this kind of behavior yet. and so very unclear why the capitol hill police. i would not be at all surprised if it gets turned over to texas authorities in the near future. as we know, things live forever on the internet, good things and bad things. conceivably the congressman would want this picture to disappear forever. political opponents would not. is there any way he can truly make it disappear or is it one of these things that this woman
Campaign where he s lost republicans of tim miller and that was an excellent column and i really you know, exhort all of your viewers to read that column. new. he just went through point by point. you know, he s lost john rogers his communications director. he lost representative joe barton who basically was himself exposed today for having sent out a nude selfie and wanted to point out it s a consensual, adult relationship. it wasn t with a child. i mean, essentially, that s the low bar now that we re talking about in the sexual assault an sexual harassment cases. he s lost a large wing of the gop. and if we re really just down to republicans in alabama thinking that this is better than having a democrat, i mean, i think we just go back to your covers that you showed of i m with perv. it s extremely disturbing but i disagree with one of the earlier clips you were showing, you