Another one of Michigan Democratic Rep. John Conyers’ former staffers has come forward to publicly accuse him of sexual misconduct as the embattled congressman steadfastly refuses to resign from office, The Detroit News reported on Tuesday. Deanna Maher, 77, alleged that Conyers, 88, made three unwelcome sexual advances when she worked for him as his deputy…
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) refused to say during a Sunday interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” whether she believes that Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) should step down in the wake of the sexual harassment allegations leveled against him. BuzzFeed reported last week that Conyers, the longest-serving current member of the House and one…
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WASHINGTON — Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., announced Sunday that he was relinquishing his House committee position after allegations that he sexually harassed female staffers. The announcement came shortly after House minority leader Nancy Pelosi repeatedly called on the Michigan Democrat to “do the right thing.” At the same time, she said he deserved due process.…
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by CHQ Staff Let’s call it the trickledown theory of get-out-of-jail-free cards. Once Bill and Hillary Clinton were given a pass on their serial transgressions; sexual assault, lawbreaking of all kinds, graft and corruption it seems no Democrat bigwig can be held accountable for anything. Many will see this precedent in Senator Al Franken’s apparent get-out-of-jail-free card on his photo-documented serial groping and sexual harassment, now being excused as all in good fun by his former Saturday Night Live castmates, Democratic politicians and even one of the victims – leftwing media mogul Arianna Huffington. However, Franken’s consequence-free groping pales in comparison to the treatment afforded another Democrat bigwig – ranking member of the House Committee on the Judiciary and former Chairman of that panel Rep. John Conyers (MI-13) whom we have learned was protected from a sexual harassment charge by a $27,000 payout of taxpayer-funded hush money. The 88-year old Conyers, first elected in 1964, is the “Dean” of the House, having served longer than any other current member of that body. However, by rights, Conyers should not even still be a member of the House of Representatives. In 2014 the Michigan Secretary of State ruled that Conyers had not…
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