Sigh … I hate to say this. But this is bad. From the Detroit Free Press.
After the alleged victim made a formal complaint through the U.S. Congress Office of Compliance, Conyers’ office endorsed an alternative route. If the woman dropped her complaint and signed a legal document attesting that Conyers had done no wrong, and if she agreed never to disparage him or make subsequent claims, she’d be re-hired as a temporary “no-show” employee and paid $27,111.75 over the course of three months. She accepted the terms.
That’s not a ton of money, but it’s public money. Sorry John.
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doubleman says
Absolutely. And we need to learn about the (likely hundreds of) other settlements.
Christopher says
When I heard he had settled I thought that meant in the traditional sense of resolving a suit without going to court and was therefore going to ask why reopen a matter on which a legal resolution had already been reached. Is what is described above even legal?
JimC says
Hard to say, but at least highly unethical, and contrary to the spirit of any number of laws.