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December 5, 2017

Texas Rep. Blake Farenthold to Return Sex Harassment Settlement Fee to Taxpayers
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On Capitol Hill, Texas Republican Congressmember Blake Farenthold said
he will return $84,000 to taxpayers after news emerged that he used a
congressional fund to settle a sexual harassment claim filed by 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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