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December 15, 2017

Texas Rep. Blake Farenthold Won't Seek Re-Election, Amid Sexual Harassment Revelations
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A fourth U.S. lawmaker has been forced from Congress over allegations of
sexual harassment or assault. Texas Republican Congressmember Blake
Farenthold says he will not seek re-election, after revelations he paid
$84,000 of taxpayer money in a 2014 sexual harassment settlement with
his former communications director, Lauren Greene. Greene says she's
been forced to resort to babysitting and other odd jobs to make ends
meet, after Farenthold "blackballed" her from politics when she accused
him of sexual harassment, gender discrimination and creating a hostile
work environment.


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