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Rep. John Conyers to step aside as ranking Democrat on Judiciary Committee amid ethics probe of sexual harassment claims

WASHINGTON — Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., the longest serving member of Congress, stepped aside as the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee amid growing internal pressure as an ethics investigation begins into sexual harassment allegations.

Conyers, 88, said he would not resign from Congress and instead would fight the allegations in the hope of reclaiming his spot atop the committee overseeing federal laws and other legal issues. “I very much look forward to vindicating myself and my family before the House Committee on Ethics,” he wrote in a letter to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Sunday.

http://www.twincities.com/2017/11/26/rep-john-conyers-to-step-aside-as-ranking-democrat-on-judiciary-committee-amid-ethics-probe-of-sexual-harassment-claims/

 

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