Ethics panel tells Office of Compliance to ‘promptly’ hand over records related to claims of sexual harassment for members of Congress and other House staffThe ethics panel in the House of Representatives on Friday demanded records of all settlements for sexual harassment in the lower chamber of Congress.
The announcement comes amid mounting allegations of sexual misconduct in politics and intense scrutiny over how such claims are handled on Capitol Hill. It emerged final month that accusations of sexual harassment in Congress are overseen by the little-known Office of Compliance, which over two decades used roughly $17m in taxpayer dollars to pay out settlements and awards to federal employees. Related: #MeTooCongress: women in politics buy action in wake of Weinstein Related: The sexual misconduct allegations against Donald Trump – the full list Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com