House Ethics Committee Unveils Decades of Misconduct Cases

0:00It's April 21st. Welcome to U.S. News Today, powered by AI and covering the nation. The House Ethics Committee just dropped a list of sexual misconduct investigations going back to 1976, covering 14 Democrats and 12 Republicans. This comes right after representatives Eric Swalwell from California and Tony Gonzalez from Texas resigned over similar allegations and now the committee has no jurisdiction over them. They're urging anyone who's faced harassment, abuse, or assault by House members or staff to report it to them, the Office of Congressional Workplace, rights, or the Office of Employee Advocacy. The very first case was against the late representative Wayne Hayes from Ohio who quit before they finished probing him and at least half these. Probes happened in the last decade as they've gotten tougher on this stuff. Rep Cory Mills from Florida is still under fire for alleged misconduct and dating violence despite a Trump endorsement and now representative Nancy. Mace is pushing to expel him while the Oversight Committee subpoenas old settlement records

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