Franken caved to the pressure from his pierce. And tonight arizona congressman trent franks announced his resignation on the heels of an ethics investigation over harassing his female staffers. Fox5s Marina Maracco is live on the hill tonight with the very latest. Reporter the two resignation announcements come within hours of each other. This most recent one, gop quong man trent franks stepping down. The House Ethics Committee announced it will investigate the l term republican to determine if he engaged in anything that constitutes Sexual Harassment. Now, in a statement that he issued tonight, franks acknowledges he made staffers uncomfortable and that he discussed fertility issues and sewer casey with two female staffers, franks goes onto say, quote, i have absolutely never physically intimidated, coursed or had or attempted to have any of my congressional staff. However, i do want to take full and personal responsibility for the ways i have broached the topic that unbeknownsted to
It has since been recovered by police but no sign of the suspects. Theyre releasing this video and these images. They want you to take a good look at these guys. At times they wear masks, other times they do not. Police want to get to the bottom of this. Not sure exactly how many men are involved. Its been different in each case and again, different parts of the district now in Prince Georges County but there are some rewards available in this case and police want to hear from you if you know anything about it. Live here at Prince Georges County police headquarters, Lauren Demarco fox5 local news. Now to an attack on a place thats supposed to be a safe haven for the lgbtq community. Tonight d. C. Police are investigating what is being called a possible hate crime and here is that video inside casa ruby on tuesday afternoon. Watch as the suspect wearing what appears to be a surgical mask pepper sprays someone inside. Then this is video from march when a transgender woman was attacked af
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