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[NCswag]

Flynn out here snitching for an ultimate feast.

 

[infamous114]

https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/936675696419667970

Olbermann gotta come outta retirement

 

[D. Morgan]

Huckabee Sanders shit is going to be hilarious to see how she's like fuck what yall talking about

 

[808HiLife808]

Shits getting exciting lol

 

[MarcusGarvey]

https://twitter.com/i/moments/936625337487839232

For the legal eagles

 

[stringer bell]

https://www.mediaite.com/online/gop...oney-to-settle-84000-sexual-harassment-claim/

GOP Rep. Blake Farenthold Used Taxpayer Money to Settle $84,000 Sexual Harassment Claim

It looks like we’ve now found another member of Congress who used taxpayer funds to pay off a claim of inappropriate behavior.

In the wake of news that Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) and disgraced former Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) had settled cases with Congressional funds regarding sexual misconduct and harassment, Politico reported today that Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) settled a case of sexual harassment in the amount of $84,000. The funds secretly came from the Congressional Office of Compliance.

Per Politico:

House Administration Committee Chairman Gregg Harper (R-Miss.) told GOP lawmakers in a closed-door Friday morning meeting that only one House office in the past five years had used an Office of Compliance account to settle a sexual harassment complaint. Harper said in that one instance, the settlement totaled $84,000.

“While I 100% support more transparency with respect to claims against members of Congress, I can neither confirm nor deny that settlement involved my office as the Congressional Accountability Act prohibits me from answering that question,” Farenthold said in a statement.

The settlement was reached with Farenthold’s former communication director Lauren Green, who filed a lawsuit in December 2014 alleging that the Texas Republican sexually harassed her and created a hostile work environment. The case was later dropped due to both parties reaching a private settlement.

Politico received a copy of a statement the two prepared at the time of the settlement but never released. That statement said the parties agreed to the solution as they “believe that the mediator’s solution saves the parties, and the taxpayers, significant sums that would be expended in further discovery and/or trial.”

In her complaint, Greene noted that “Farenthold regularly drank to excess, and because of his tendency to flirt, the staffers who accompanied him to Capitol Hill functions would joke that they had to be on ‘red head patrol to keep him out of trouble.” She added that he had once said during a staff meeting that a female lobbyist once asked him to have a threesome.

It should be noted that while Farenthold denied much of Greene’s claims in her suit, he did contend at the time that he was indeed propositioned for a threesome by the lobbyist.

 

[Broddie]

Yeah I don’t see special election. But I do see president ryan

I don't see president Ryan. Hence a special election. Meaning an emergency election w/out involvement from any prior candidates or current oval office placeholders. I see Ryan being thrown under the bus with the rest of them. He's just as dirty.

Line of succession gonna prove to be more corrupt than previously imagined. I mean Orrin Hatch? been followed by corruption allegations this entire decade. Rex Tillerson? known to have been complacent in many shady oil deals with corrupt world leaders. This past year has been a complete farce.

 

[Broddie]

Huckabee Sanders shit is going to be hilarious to see how she's like fuck what yall talking about

I've never been more excited to see one of her press conferences. She's gonna be like

 

[farris2k1]

Huckabee Sanders shit is going to be hilarious to see how she's like fuck what yall talking about

She'll just downplay it and say it has nothing to do with trump

 

[StoneColdMikey]

https://twitter.com/nbcpolitics/status/936683393072488449

 

[Broddie]

https://twitter.com/nbcpolitics/status/936683393072488449

 

[StoneColdMikey]

Lol kush about to get smoked B)

 

[Broddie]

Ivanka will be back on the market looking for hugs in no time.

 

[2stepz_ahead]

He’s going to resign and say they swamp wouldn’t let him make America great again.

can he still be arrested? the crime was committed still

 

[warren98]

Ivanka will be back on the market looking for hugs in no time.

Daddy will take care of that.

 

[fortyacres]

Michael “Im telling” Flynn

 

[marc123]

https://twitter.com/nbcpolitics/status/936683393072488449

I wouldnt be surpised if trump himself leaked that. So ppl kno its NOT him.

 

[playmaker88]

https://twitter.com/nbcpolitics/status/936683393072488449

I wouldnt be surpised if trump himself leaked that. So ppl kno its NOT him.

It's pretty stupid because.. you would have to be on drugs to think none of the happening weren't in trumps interest

 

[Angeles1son85]

And now mueller gonna grill trump jr dumb ass about that meeting he had with russians lol and lied and trump admitting he knew about it too

 

[Los216]

https://twitter.com/i/moments/936625337487839232

For the legal eagles

Seth Abramson is the absolute best Twitter follow for all things Trump and Russia. He's been on top of this more than anyone. When the pee tape drops (He confirmed that it's real) he will be the guy to go to. He's been doing a tremendous job detailing this whole thing.