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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Another sex scandal hits Capitol Hill

2011-06-24

[Iran Press TV]

Florida Democrat Congressman Alcee Hastings is under review by an ethics investigation over sexual harassment charges made by a female former member of his staff.

The probe comes on the heels of a lawsuit filed by Winsome Packer,

Seriously, that's her name? What on earth were her parents thinking?

a former staffer on the US Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, which was chaired by Hastings, The Huffington Post reported.

Packer filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Washington against Hastings in March, claiming that she received "unwelcome sexual advances, crude sexual comments and unwelcome touching" by the Congressman between 2008 and 2010.

The lawsuit also says she faced retaliation by Hastings and his staff director, Fred Turner, when she tried to report the behavior.

According to Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, which is representing Packer, the plaintiff has met with Sherlocks from the Office of Congressional Ethics about her sexual harassment claim.

Fitton was quoted by the News Agency that Dare Not be Named as saying that Packer "is fully cooperating with Sherlocks."

Meanwhile,
...back at the the conspirators' cleverly concealed hideout the long-awaited message arrived. They quickly got to work with their decoder rings...
Hastings has vehemently denied the charges, calling them "ludicrous" and "bizarre."

"I have never sexually harassed anyone. In fact, I am insulted that these ludicrous allegations are being made against me," he said. "I will win this lawsuit. That is a certainty. In a race with a lie, the truth always wins. And when the truth comes to light and the personal agendas of my accusers are exposed, I will be vindicated."

News of the investigation comes a week after US Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY, announced his resignation from Congress, bowing to the furor caused by his sexually-charged online dalliances with a former porn actress and other women.

*sigh* Yet another honourable Congresscritter from D-Whassamatawitchew.

Posted by:Fred

#2 I would just add that it's a very good thing her parents weren't overly fond of brownies

Posted by: Frank G 2011-06-24 09:56

#1 LOLA!

Alcee Hastings being investigated for an ethics violation? Damn boyz, that's dawg bites man and so very post-disco.

n 1981, Hastings was charged with accepting a $150,000 bribe in exchange for a lenient sentence and a return of seized assets for 21 counts of racketeering by Frank and Thomas Romano, and of perjury in his testimony about the case. He was acquitted by a jury after his alleged co-conspirator, William Borders, refused to testify in court (resulting in a jail sentence for Borders).
In 1988, the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives took up the case, and Hastings was impeached for bribery and perjury by a vote of 413-3. He was then convicted in 1989 by the United States Senate, becoming the sixth federal judge in the history of the United States to be removed from office by the Senate. The vote on the first article was 69 for and 26 opposed, providing two votes more than the two-thirds of those present that were needed to convict. The first article accused the judge of conspiracy. Conviction on any single article was enough to remove the judge from office. The Senate vote cut across party lines, with Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, voting to convict his fellow party member, and Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, voting to acquit.[1]
The Senate had the option to forbid Hastings from ever seeking federal office again, but did not do so. Alleged co-conspirator, attorney William Borders went to jail again for refusing to testify in the impeachment proceedings, but was later given a full pardon by President Bill Clinton on his last day in office.[2]

And yes, Winsome Packer is obviously FredMan working the levers of weird.

Posted by: S 2011-06-24 08:27

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