If John Conyers doesn’t drop out after this, the Democrats lose all moral authority on the issue of sexual harassment.
Already, the Michigan representative is in hot water, standing accused of sexually harassing a former staff member and paying out money to settle a harassment suit.
Now, a second accuser has emerged, claiming that Conyers harassed her multiple times during her course of working for the lawmaker from 1997-2005.
The woman, Deanna Maher, provided details of the assault to The Detroit Free Press back in 2013, which are just now being reported. Brace yourself: This is very disturbing.
The dirty details:
The first instance of harassment happened, Maher said, shortly after the congressman hired her in September 1997 during an event with the Congressional Black Caucus.
“I didn’t have a room, and he had me put in his hotel suite,” said Maher, 77, adding that she rejected his offer to share his room at the Grand Hyatt in Washington and have sex.
The other incidents with the now 88-year-old Conyers involved unwanted touching in a car in 1998 and another unwanted touching of her legs under her dress in 1999, she said.
Maher provided even more information about one particular event to CNN:
“So I got into bed and all of the sudden, John Conyers walked into my bedroom,” Maher told CNN. “If you can imagine how ridiculous I looked, I put on my suitcoat. I had a suit coat on in bed. I was shaking. I was absolutely shaking. And he took off his clothes and then I figured it out: ‘Oh my God. What did I do? How stupid. At my age, that I walked in and got myself into a situation like that.'”
Maher says she went to a congressional oversight body to report Conyers’s behavior back in 2004.
Conyers denies any of these incidents took place, and his attorney questioned Maher’s motivations, asking why she was coming forward now with the allegations.
Gee, whatever happened to believe all women?
Maher replied to the callous implication of Conyers’s attorney, saying “I needed to earn a living, and I was 57. How many people are going to hire you at that age?”
She continued: “I didn’t report the harassment because it was clear nobody wanted to take it seriously. John Conyers is a powerful man in Washington, and nobody wanted to cross him.”
That’s a really good point. Let’s keep something in mind here: Ever since Ronan Farrow broke the story of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual debauchery, there has been a flood of accusations about sexual assault against powerful men in Hollywood and Washington. Women feel empowered to now speak out, telling their stories about how wealthy, influential men used them.
Liberals would normally be celebrating this, except for the fake that it has been predominately liberals who have been caught abusing women, including Conyers.
Nancy Pelosi actually went on Meet the Press last Sunday to defend Conyers, calling him an “icon,” and even questioning many of the allegations against him.
Conyers is a “icon,” said @NancyPelosi in his defense on @MeetThePress. I hope that she already regrets saying this. pic.twitter.com/6TVyioTdKT
— Jamil Smith جميل كريم (@JamilSmith) November 26, 2017
She’s a real champion for women, that Nancy Pelosi.
Hopefully, with this second accusation coming to light, John Conyers will finally step down from office.
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What is this old dog gonna do when he catches the car? Absolutely gross .
Perhaps Nancy said he was a “unicorn”, not an icon. Iconoclastic–one who attacks widely held beliefs and seeks to destroy widely held beliefs–that is another possibility. Icon-a two-dimentional picture, a stand-in for an idea? So many possibilities. And then, there is the idea that this is Nancy Pelosi–
Conyers, Pelosi belong to prison. Both are demoncRATS, that’s enough to fit for imprisonment.
Conyers was just following President Clinton. He wanted to be presidential.
First off try putting yourselves in these accusers shoes as young or middle aged women making a career out the field of ambitious politicians making a name for themselves or as with the case of John Conyers already a powerful man in Washington at the time throwing himself at an unsuspecting woman that was working for him and he being powerful politician he just figured he could muscle his way on her to have sex or to be groped without her permission and she would never say a word to the authorities as she needed her job and she was afraid that if she accused him of sexual harassment they would believe the Congressman over her 99% of the time as when she first brought it up to call out Conyers for his advancements no one believed her them either..Who would want to have their name dragged through the mud if they could keep it all under wraps for as long as she could even though he kept trying to violate her at different times? As she said no body she did talk to wanted to take her seriously and of course they want to make the Congressman look like the victim because he was a powerful figure in Congress and had money. She was just trying to set him up on sexual harassment charges so she could maybe get a big sum of money from him if she would drop all charges against him..That would be the way most would look at it but chances are very good that what the accuser accused him of was probably very true. I would say that if the accuser would testify under oath that what she is accusing Conyers of is true and if she is found to be lying under oath then she could face the charges that Conyers would face if he were found guilty. Let the sentence serve as justice to either or if one or the other is found guilty. If knowing that she could be going to prison if she is found to be lying under oath then she would have the opportunity of dropping her charges against the accused. If it is true what she is accusing him of then she won’t hesitate to continue to bring Conyers to trial.. However she could be telling the truth completely 100% but there still would be a good chance she could lose as she would need to prove without a doubt that Conyers did attempt to harass her on multiple occasions through the years she worked for him..Sexual Harassment or groping a woman is hard to prove in court without some sort of evidence or witnesses to his wrong doing. A very tough nut to crack in court..Conyers can very well be guilty as sin but, can Deanna Maher prove it in court? Unfortunately sometimes the guilty still go unpunished because lack of proof leaving the accuser with a lot of egg on her face and looking bad in the eyes of the jury and the public..I in this case would believe Deanna Maher but I don’t know if I would encourage her to take it to court against Conyers unless she has something to pin on him that she hasn’t shared to the public yet y this point..Be interesting to see where this all leads to..
I believe Piglossi…LOL !
Conyers…? Where be de’ white wimmens !
Registered Demoncrats should hang their respective heads in shame.
TRY to respect people as you would members of your families.
President Trump WON, whiners.
You can join an American supportive group…we accept and welcome back-sliders.
Like Bill Clinton – deny – lie – blame and then “become the victim”.