He didn't resign. He said he "plans to" resign "in the next few weeks." Whatever that means.
If that photo had not surfaced, he would have gotten away with the entire thing.
I remember the "recount" during his Senate race - and it was one of the most horrific examples of manufactured votes and vote fraud in recent history.
His whole life is a lie.
I saw "Franken & Davis" perform while in college in the early 80's ... and their act was all "National Lampoon" but without any veneer smoothing over the rough edges. In a word, it was raw and outrageous.
In one skit Al and Tom would state each SNL gal by name, with each saying "F***ed Her" in unison ... then the ending punchline would be (Tom Davis) "F***ed Her", where Al would say "Blew Me" .... to howls of laughter from us (drunken) college students.
Really it wasn't that funny back then, and it still isn't today.
Al Franken pretends to want to be taken seriously, but he's never been all that serious. Now he wants to pretend that he's a pious 'family man' ... well OK, go and be pious to your family then, but get the heck out of the US Senate!
~ MM ~