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Michigan Rep. John Conyers, a Democrat and the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives, settled a wrongful dismissal complaint in 2015 with a former employee who alleged she was fired because she would not “succumb to [his] sexual advances.”
Documents from the complaint obtained by BuzzFeed News include four signed affidavits, three of which are notarized, from former staff members who allege that Conyers, the ranking Democrat on the powerful House Judiciary Committee, repeatedly made sexual advances to female staff that included requests for sexual favors, contacting and transporting other women with whom they believed Conyers was having affairs, caressing their hands sexually, and rubbing their legs and backs in public. Four people involved with the case verified the documents are authentic.
originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: IAMTAT
Slick of Cernovich to hand it off to Buzzfeed.
Nice move.
The documents were first provided to BuzzFeed News by Mike Cernovich, the men's rights figure turned pro-Trump media activist who propagated a number of false conspiracy theories including the “Pizzagate” conspiracy. Cernovich said he gave the documents to BuzzFeed News for vetting and further reporting, and because he said if he published them himself, Democrats and congressional leaders would “try to discredit the story by attacking the messenger.”
He provided them without conditions. BuzzFeed News independently confirmed the authenticity of the documents with four people directly involved with the case, including the accuser.
In this case, one of Conyers’ former employees was offered a settlement, in exchange for her silence, that would be paid out of Conyers’ taxpayer-funded office budget. His office would “rehire” the woman as a “temporary employee” despite her being directed not to come into the office or do any actual work, according to the document. The complainant would receive a total payment of $27,111.75 over the three months, after which point she would be removed from the payroll, according to the document.
originally posted by: pavil
$27,000 paid her silence.
In this case, one of Conyers’ former employees was offered a settlement, in exchange for her silence, that would be paid out of Conyers’ taxpayer-funded office budget. His office would “rehire” the woman as a “temporary employee” despite her being directed not to come into the office or do any actual work, according to the document. The complainant would receive a total payment of $27,111.75 over the three months, after which point she would be removed from the payroll, according to the document.
originally posted by: Grambler
However, the secretive settlements with tax payer dollars needs to end now!
And I don't care which party the accused is from.
. No, more like that's how things work in Washington. I'm sure Ryan has done the same for creeps on his side of the aisle.
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: IAMTAT
Ryan didn't want to be labeled as a racist, like Trump is labeled, every time he cracks down on wrong-doers, who happen to be Black.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: DBCowboy
I am not as skeptical on the Bill O'Reilly thing because there was that phone call about the loofa that circulated during a previous scandal involving him and sexual shenanigans. If that wasn't his voice, someone sounds like a dead ringer for him.