Posted on 03/07/2011 1:23:22 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Florida congressman sued for alleged sexual harassment By: CNN Senior Producer Paul Courson
Washington (CNN) - The conservative legal watchdog group Judicial Watch filed suit Monday against Florida Democratic congressman Alcee Hastings, accusing him of sexually harassing a onetime female staffer during an assignment to Vienna, Austria.
The civil case filed at U.S. District Court in Washington is on behalf of Winsome Packer, who not only alleges the congressman sexually harassed her but claims that her affiliation with the Republican Party was used against her when Hastings retaliated following her complaints.
Hastings' Capitol Hill office did not have an immediate comment on the lawsuit.
Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton, at a news conference announcing the lawsuit, said the alleged harassment took place for more than two years, ending in early 2010 when she left a staff job with a panel known as the Helsinki Commission, based in Vienna, Austria.
Hastings at the time was chairman of that group, formally known as the United States Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Quoting from the lawsuit, Fitton, seated alongside Packer, told reporters Hastings "was sexually attracted to Ms. Packer, wanted a sexual relationship with her, and would help progress her career if she acquiesced to his sexual advances."
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What’s up with this Hastings guy? Is he a member of some protected class or something?
“What’s up with this Hastings guy? Is he a member of some protected class or something?”
Is he ever!!!!! He’s the protected of the protected (black, a demoncrat, with a criminal past!)
Hastings is scum. While a federal judge his chief aid was caught taking drug money to get a felon’s case thrown out of court.
There wasn’t enough evidence to throw this scum into prison...and the people of south Florida elected him to the House.
He should be in prison.
...this guy will be in office for years to come...next election he’ll just say that ‘tha man was trying to take me down’and black dems will overwhelmingly re-elect him.
he be an impeached judge of an underserved class
Oh how I hope they get that lying, cheating BASTARD!
Great James Bond movie name. Is she going to play the part of Pussy Galore in the remake of Goldfinger? Only as a transvestite, and Bond is gay? (Hey, it's 2011 after all.)
If you think your congress thief is garbage,
Check out my convicted criminal,
Alcee Hastings
A gerrymandered district like you can’t believe
Yeah it’s called the Congressional Black Caucus.
He gets the same special treatment at Barney Frank, Maxine Waters, Charlie Rangel etc.
in other words, they can break the law and nothing happens.
I’m sure Eric Holder wouldn’t think this is worth looking at...
He has the protective tan, just ask Charlie Rangel and Al Sharpton. The tan keeps them all out of prison.
We Floridians will get the job done, and elect a fine Conservative in Bernard Sansaricq. All Florida Freepers and lurkers in District 23, need to support this fine Conservative!
http://sansaaricq4congress.org/
Please spread the word to family and friends who may live in District 23.
We are about to see a kangaroo court in reverse.
“We Floridians will get the job done, and elect a fine Conservative in Bernard Sansaricq.”
Dang, don’t you have any conservative Smith’s or Jone’s in Florida? Well, as long as He’s not a write-in, guess you’re okay ...unlike Alaska! :-)
Someone go back and look at all the threads about how Hastings almost became chair of the congressional committee that overseas the intelligence community ...
Bernard ran in 2010, but did not win against Alcee Hastings. Hastings refused to debate Bernard, and of course the media said noting about that! This time, Hastings will NOT get away with not debating Bernard Sansaricq!
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