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The woman who settled a sexual harassment complaint with Democratic Michigan Rep. John Conyers wants to go public and tell her story, despite a confidentiality agreement barring her from doing so.
The woman, a former staffer for Conyers, is asking him to lift the confidentiality agreement she signed as part of a settlement agreement in 2015 after the woman said she was fired for rebuffing Conyers’ sexual advances in 2014. Conyers paid the woman more than $27,000 in taxpayer funds in exchange for her silence. (RELATED: Conyers’ Attorney Hints At ‘Allegations’ Against ‘Many Members’ Of The House And Senate)
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Even if Conyers won’t lift the confidentiality agreement, the woman’s attorney said she would be happy to testify if subpoenaed, which would automatically void the agreement.
“I would be happy to accept service for a subpoena for my client’s testimony from the House Ethics Committee or any other appropriate body,” Lisa Bloom, the woman’s attorney, said in a statement. “She and I will fully cooperate with any investigation into this matter.”
BREAKING: I represent the woman who filed a sexual harassment complaint against Congressman John Conyers. Here is my statement. pic.twitter.com/75wlx1AT9c
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) November 26, 2017
Conyers has maintained his innocence, even as one of his colleagues called on him to resign . Sworn affidavits signed by four of Conyers’ former staffers describe him as a serial sexual harasser who would prey on his female staffers.
“Basic fairness and decency dictate that if Mr. Conyers can speak publicly about the matter, the woman should be free to do so as well,” Bloom said.
Conyers regularly made sexual advances on female staffers and would ask them for sexual favors, according to the affidavits signed by his former staffers. “Rep. Conyers strongly postulated that the performing of personal service or favors would be looked upon favorably and lead to salary increases or promotions,” one former employee said in an affidavit .
He also allegedly abused taxpayer funds to shuttle in women with whom he had sexual relationships. (RELATED: Second Woman Accused John Conyers Of Sexually Harassing Her)
“One of my duties while working for Rep. Conyers was to keep a list of women that I assumed he was having affairs with and call them at his request and, if necessary, have them flown in using Congressional resources,” one affidavit states. Another staffer told BuzzFeed that Conyers, who is the longest-serving congressman, used taxpayer funds to fly women into see him.
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I think I see a pattern here:
Nancy Pelosi Has Been Enabling Sexual Predators For Decades
As Guy has thoroughly exposed, over the weekend House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi defended Congressman John Conyers as an "icon" amid allegations he fired a woman on his staff after she refused to give him sexual favors.
Over at Vox , Pelosi is being called out as the ultimate enabler of sexual harassers and abusers. "That woman." She'll also being held accountable as part of the reason why women don't come forward more often when they are victims of sexual misconduct.
But that's exactly what Pelosi is: That woman, a faux feminist who has been enabling sexual predators for decades.
Continue Reading....
The moment I saw Devin Kelley's picture I knew you probably got this off some RWNJ site! Oh! Also Kanye West is a Republican! 50 Cent is a conservative and Alex Da Silva isn't even a US citizen!
Ah, just a step away from 'slut shaming', huh? Your side of the universe has no problems demanding Moore not run, but you have no issue with folks like Conyers and as bad or worse, Pelosi trying to cover in public for him. It must be a vast right wing conspiracy? So, now we know what Hillary is doing these days-she's on Newstalkers!
Comedy! Deflecto-matic ENGAGED!
What the hell does this comment have to do with the fact that this little is rife with inaccuracies and false stereotypes! Kanye West is an admitted Republican, 50 Cent is a fiscal conservative, Devin Kelley is the Texas Church shooter and no one knows his political affiliation and the Da Silva isn't even an American citizen so there's absolutely no way you can claim he is a Democrat!
But since you went there......You claim Pelosi is trying to cover for Conyers, I guess you missed the reports of Kellyanne Conway and Trump claiming they don't care if he did sexually assault little girls, they just want their tax cuts!.....
The problem with your cute montage is that if you were to create a similar one for republicans the server would be crushed with all the photos, so keep pretending, I am sure it makes it warm and fuzzy.
That wouldn't stop Democrats from making their own list, except it would be mostly people no one ever heard of.
Kind of like this list right?
How about making one up for us. LOL
You know the the Democrats are the Party of Perverts. Instead of DNC, they could have the POP and really mean it.
They could put the GOP on a post card. Kanye a Republican? Was the before or after Obama had him play at the DNC? He said he was going to run against Hillary in the Primary.
Of course, a lot of Democrats did changel Parties. I'm a Democrat, but I voted for Trump, the only one for the job.
A lot of Democrats voted for Trump. Of course not the really Hard Left and I do say that affectionately.
If Bill Cosby gets his accusers testimony made public after a non disclosure agreement I don't see why Conyers should get an exception.
Confidentiality agreements are unenforceable when it involves crimes being investigated by law enforcement....hence the reason information in Cosby's agreement was used during discovery
Cokie Roberts said it's been an open secret in Washington for years that women should never get in an elevator with Conyers.
Yet never a peep from the media.
Funny.
Oh, you mean how it was common knowledge in Gadsden, AL, that Roy Moore trawled those waters for under 16 year olds for years and no one blew the whistle on him. Thanks for the comparison.
It was such common knowledge that it wasn't even reported on until the primaries were over and Moore had been a public figure for decades?
Go ahead and blow the whistle on a connected official in a small town and see what happens to dads job!
you are saying that parents pimped out their kids?
is that what you would do?