Top Judiciary Dems call for ethics probe of Conyers
Senior Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are calling for an ethics probe of Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) after a report revealed that staffers have accused the senior lawmaker of sexual harassment.
Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), the second and third most senior Democrats on the powerful committee, respectively, said early Tuesday that the House Ethics Committee should investigate the validity of the BuzzFeed News report published late Monday night.
"The reports about Congressman Conyers are as serious as they get. The Committee on Ethics should take up this matter immediately with a goal of promptly assessing the validity of the news account. This reported behavior cannot be tolerated in the House of Representatives or anywhere else," Lofgren said in a statement Tuesday morning.
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