Posted on 12/09/2017 11:16:17 AM PST by Kaslin
Documents show that the United States Treasury used $220,000 of tax payer money to settle a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment committed by Florida Democrat Alcee Hastings against one of his staffers, reports Roll Call.
Winsome Packer, a former staff member of a congressional commission that promotes international human rights, said in documents that the congressman touched her, made unwanted sexual advances, and threatened her job. At the time, Hastings was the chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, where Packer worked.
Hastings has called Packers charges ludicrous and in documents said he never sexually harassed her.
Until this evening, I had not seen the settlement agreement between the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and Ms. Packer, the congressman said in a statement Friday night. This matter was handled solely by the Senate Chief Counsel for Employment. At no time was I consulted, nor did I know until after the fact that such a settlement was made.
Hastings said that the lawsuit that Packer filed against him and an investigation by the House Ethics Committee were ultimately dismissed.
I am outraged that any taxpayer dollars were needlessly paid to Ms. Packer, he said.
It is worth noting that Rep. Alcee Hastings was indicted by a grand jury in 1981 for accepting bribes as a Federal Judge in exchange for a shorter sentencing for two-mob convicted felons, according to senate.gov.
Hastings was charged with conspiracy and obstruction of justice for soliciting a $150,000 bribe in return for reducing the sentences of two mob-connected felons convicted in Hastings court. A year after Borders was convicted of conspiracy, the result of an FBI sting effort, Hastings's case came before the criminal court. Despite Borders conviction, and the fact that Hastings had indeed reduced the sentences of the two felons, he was acquitted in a criminal court in 1983 and returned to his judicial post.
"Subsequently, suspicions arose that Hastings had lied and falsified evidence during the trial in order to obtain an acquittal. A special committee of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals began a new probe into the Hastings case. The resulting three-year investigation ended with the panel concluding that Hastings did indeed commit perjury, tamper with evidence, and conspire to gain financially by accepting bribes. The panel recommended further action to the U.S. Judicial Conference, which, in turn, informed the House of Representatives on March 17, 1987, that Judge Alcee Hastings should be impeached and removed from office."
Following years of committee proceedings, the Senate found Hastings guilty on 11 of 17 articles of impeachment. Former Ku Klux Klansman and Democrat icon Robert Byrd ordered Hastings removed from office, acting as the Senate president pro tempore. But, the senate did not bar him from holding future office.
Four years later, Hastings was elected to Congress where he has held office ever since.
Nobody believes this jackass. Get out now Hastings. This means you.....and cough up the 220,000.
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What he did is a firing event in the real world
Had congress done its job in ‘89, it could have disqualified the dirtbag from further federal offices.
How does the mainstream media avoid this?
When Alcee Hastings was impeached and removed from his job as a Federal District Judge, the Congress could have barred him from ever holding another Federal position.
But apparently the U.S. Senate neglected to impose that punishment when they rendered their guilty verdict on Alcee.
Really too bad.
I guess that 220K is not enough money to thoroughly investigate the background of these charges. Don’t only investigate the 220K but the entire hushfund and find out when it will be reimbursed to the American taxpayer. How much interest will it draw?
Leni
Some of the “top proponents” for human rights and respecting women will be among the list of those the Dems uncover as they chase Trump and Moore....
You are exactly right. We posted a minute apart. Great minds and all that. LOL
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