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1 q7 ]# q1 L4 G What did Tennessee s House speaker and his fellow Republ stanley taza icans know, and when did they know it That is the central question in a sexual harassment scandal involving a prominent GOP lawmaker in the state.A top Republican in the Tennessee House resigned just hours aftera Scripps News Nashville investigation stanley canada revealedhe was the subject of a sexual harassment investigation involving college interns.Chief investigative reporter Phil Williams of Scripps News Nashville joined Scripps News Reports to discuss the investigation, and what it uncovered about the way Tennessee s House of Representatives handles harassment claims.SEE MORE: GOP leader who voted to expel Tennessee Three has resigned This is the way the system is set up, Williams said. The process is that a com stanley water bottle plaint of sexual harassment against a member of the House goes before this ethics Subcommittee. That subcommittee deliberates in secret, and really all they do is issue a very vaguely worded letter that says the member has been found guilty of sexual harassment or discrimination. And that s the way the process has been set up. Supposedly it was designed to protect the victim. But I think what we re seeing in this case that it also has the effect 鈥?intended or not 鈥?of protecting the perpetrator. I think the question that our investigation has raised is that If you have a member of the state House of Representatives who s accused of such vulgar behavior toward a legislative intern, a college intern, shouldn t somebody Ehzk Authorities: Texas elementary school shooting kills 19 children, two adults
( j: l3 O! N G# k$ M/ V4 ^* N President Joe Biden said he is willing to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan until every American who wants to leave the country is evacuated. Americans should understand that we re gonna try to get it done before Aug. 31st, Biden said in an interview with ABC News George Stephanopoulos.The president prev stanley canada iously set an Aug. 31 deadline to end the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan.But when pressed on whether Americans would be left behind, Biden told Stephanopoulos that he would be willing to stay beyond the deadline if more Americans needed to be evacuated. Up to 15,000 Americans were reportedly in Afghanistan following the Taliban s takeover. In the inter stanley quencher view, Biden defended the Afghanistan withdrawal despite the chaotic nature of the past week. The idea that somehow there s a way to have gotten out wi stanley us thout chaos ensuing, I don t know how that happens, Biden said.Biden added that no one expected the Taliban to take over Afghanistan in a matter of days. .Page-below > .RichTextModule display:none; .Page-below .Link font-size: 12px; padding: 5px 10px;border: 1px solid 005687;border-radius: 4px;font-family: proxima-nova , sans-serif; Report a typo |
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