Posted by
Defend America on Friday, March 05, 2010 3:51:06 PM
Rep. Eric Massa to resign
By
JOHN BRESNAHAN &
GLENN THRUSH |
3/5/10 3:48 PM EST
Democratic Rep. Eric Massa is expected to resign from Congress on
Monday, only days after reports first surfaced that the freshman New
York lawmaker was under investigation by the House ethics committee for
allegedly sexually harassing a male staffer.
A House staffer with knowledge of the situation says Massa is preparing
to announce his resignation and will break the news in the Corning
Leader, his local newspaper, but several media outlets were already
reporting the news Friday afternoon.
Massa, who was elected in November 2008, announced earlier in the week
that he would not be seeking a second term following a cancer scare in
December. He initially dismissed as “unsubstantiated” a POLITICO report
that he was being scrutinized for improper advances to a junior aide in
his office.
But the ethics committee formally announced on Thursday night that
Massa was under investigation by the panel, although Reps. Zoe Lofgren
(D-Calif.) and Jo Bonner (R-Ala.), the chairwoman and ranking member of
the committee, did not announce the reason for their probe.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/34001.html