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This was the first documented case of taxpayer funds being used to settle sexual harassment complaints against a member of Congress. [ 157 ] Rep. Dennis Hastert of Illinois (Republican), former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives , pled guilty in 2015 to structuring bank withdrawals to conceal misconduct by Hastert against an ...
The fact that a member of Congress is sending e-mails to a page and that he can get away with it [shows that] obviously there are problems." Two more Representatives, Jon Porter (R-NV) and Kay Granger (R- TX ) also supported LaHood's recommendation to suspend the page program until an outside team could evaluate its security protocol.
Mismanaging his committee's budget in previous Congress, excessive absenteeism, misuse of public funds. [30] Powell was reelected to the seat for one more term. This exclusion led to a Supreme Court case which held that the exclusion was unconstitutional and that Congress can only exclude members who do not meet the minimum constitutional ...
The Florida House will investigate the sexual harassment allegations made by Frevola and Cutbirth, a spokesperson said last week. READ MORE: Two employees accuse Florida Rep. Fabian Basabe of ...
A former staff member of Congressman Alcee Hastings (D) of Florida filed a lawsuit against him and the Helsinki Commission (which Alcee was a part of) for alleged sexual assault. Ultimately, Hastings was released from the lawsuit, but the Helsinki Commission was deemed liable and had to pay $200,000.
The former leader of the US Coast Guard who withheld from Congress the explosive findings of an investigation that documented years of sexual assaults at the agency’s prestigious academy said he ...
Congressional Post Office scandal (1991–1995) was a conspiracy to embezzle House Post Office money through stamps and postal vouchers to congressmen. [118] Dan Rostenkowski (D-IL) was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison, in 1995. [119] Joe Kolter (D-PA) pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and sentenced to 6 months in prison ...
A congressional investigation into sexual misconduct allegations at a troubled Veterans Affairs facility in Tennessee revealed that at least 12 officials who worked there took part in an orgy ...