Rep. John Conyers Was Sued For Sexual Harassment THIS YEAR. Also, He Has ‘Failing Mental Capacities’

This only continues to get worse.

Earlier today, news broke that Rep. Maxine Waters’ BFF, Rep. John Conyers, settled a sexual harassment claim on the taxpayer’s dime. He initially denied that the knew about the settlement but changed his tune and suddenly regained his memory. It’s AMAZING how that happens. (BTW– the man is 88 years old. Just thought you should know that.)

Here’s the statement he released, admitting he did know about the settlement.

The story doesn’t end there. According to a report from BuzzFeed (I know, right?), another former staffer accused him of sexual harassment and tried to file a lawsuit against him THIS YEAR.

Uh-huh.

A former scheduler in the Conyers’ office attempted to file a sealed lawsuit against him this February in the US District Court for the District of Columbia that alleges she suffered unwanted touching by the Democrat “repeatedly and daily.” She abandoned the lawsuit the next month, after the court denied her motion to seal the complaint.

The woman was not involved in the 2015 sexual harassment and wrongful dismissal complaint that Conyers settled in 2015, which was revealed Monday by BuzzFeed News, and is now under investigation by the House Ethics Committee.

The lawsuit centered on behavior that took place later, from 2015 to 2016, but involves similar allegations. The woman said that shortly after she started to work for Conyers he began to make sexual advances in the form of inappropriate comments and touching.

“These behaviors and actions were so common and pervasive that they created a hostile work environment,” she alleged.

Unlike the settlement agreement at the center of a BuzzFeed News investigation released Monday, these court filings are public documents. BuzzFeed News was not able to reach the woman for comment. We are redacting her name to protect her privacy.

Conyers continues to deny the allegations. A Conyers spokesperson said, “[The former staffer] voluntarily decided to drop her case.”

In the court documents filed earlier this year, the former staffer said she had a “fatherly affection” for Conyers, as well as “extreme admiration and respect for his legislative work as a Civil Rights icon.” It was because of this that “Plaintiff was extremely uncomfortable addressing this inappropriate behavior with Defendant Conyers nor did Plaintiff wish to embarrass or disparage Defendant Conyers by sharing her concerns with other members of the office staff.”

I find this next part the most interesting. She actually mentioned his “age and failing mental capacities.” That’s clearly a common problem in Congress these days.

She also cited his “age and failing mental capacities” in the suit, saying she was hired, in part, to keep track of his “whereabouts,” call to wake him up every morning, and deliver his medication, including on weekends.

I love whenever people with failing mental capacities write laws!

She said she asked a male staffer she’d earlier dated to be her “fake boyfriend” and make regular stops by the office in the hopes of halting Conyers’ advances.

At this point, Conyers is either a dirty old man or a regular old man with failing mental capacities. Either way, he needs to GO.