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Why Are Congressmen Using Taxpayer Funds to Buy Off Sex Abuse Claims?
Published Nov 29, 2017 at 11:24 AM EST
By Kevin Maney
This article first appeared on The Daily Signal.
Staffers who are the targets of unwanted sexual advances on Capitol Hill should not have to endure a lengthy mediation process and pay the legal bills as lawmakers secretly draw on a mysterious slush fund to settle the accusations against them, an advocate for taxpayers argues.
In the event of a monetary settlement of sexual harassment complaints, members of Congress can draw on a taxpayer-funded account set up within the Treasury Department to cover their legal expenses and settle cases.
The account has paid out $17 million in the past 10 years, public records show, although it is not clear how much of that was for cases of sexual harassment.
"Right now, it's very unclear to the taxpayer where this money is going," Grace Morgan, director of external affairs for the Washington-based Taxpayers Protection Alliance, told The Daily Signal in a phone interview.
https://www.newsweek.com/why-are-congressmen-using-taxpayer-funds-buy-sex-abuse-claims-