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Rep. Katie Hill announces resignation

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Rep. Katie Hill announces resignation amid allegations of improper relationships with staffers

Seems like her estranged husband is out to get her and he has the goods to smear her too. Nowadays they call that "revenge porn" and supposedly it's illegal. Somehow compromising pictures of her are showing up in British tabloids and conservative websites.

Washington (CNN)Democratic Rep. Katie Hill of California on Sunday announced her resignation from Congress days after she admitted to having an inappropriate relationship with a campaign staffer before coming into office.
"It is with a broken heart that today I announce my resignation from Congress," Hill said in a statement Sunday. "This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do, but I believe it is the best thing for my constituents, my community, and our country."
News of Hill's resignation comes after the House Committee on Ethics announced Wednesday it was opening an investigation into allegations Hill engaged in an improper relationship with a congressional staffer in possible violation of House rules which were changed last year to ban relationships between members and their staff.

In a statement last week, Hill denied that the relationship — allegedly involving Graham Kelly, who currently works as her legislative director — took place. CNN has reached out to Kelly for comment, but has not heard back.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement Sunday night that Hill "has acknowledged errors in judgment that made her continued service as a Member untenable."
While Pelosi praised Hill for making "a great contribution as a leader of the Freshman Class" of House Democrats, she added that "we must ensure a climate of integrity and dignity in the Congress, and in all workplaces."
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Yes. "Integrity and dignity", of course.
Fwiw, she ran as an openly bisexual candidate.
It kinda seems like she's being forced out for being the victim of revenge porn from a vindictive ex.
 
It looks like she gave campaign money to her lover, which is where things become untenable. Revenge porn may have initiated this discovery, and perhaps hubby may face some consequences but handing out campaign money like that is a big problem.
 
kookbreaker said:
It looks like she gave campaign money to her lover, which is where things become untenable. Revenge porn may have initiated this discovery, and perhaps hubby may face some consequences but handing out campaign money like that is a big problem.
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Where did you see that? The CNN story doesn't mention it.

Obviously, misusing campaign funds in a big no-no.
 
Actually, paying campaign staffers for their services from campaign money isn't illegal. It's pretty standard. But I guess if you also have an affair with them, that's where it becomes questionable because of the possible conflict of interest.
 
Puppycow said:
Where did you see that? The CNN story doesn't mention it.

Obviously, misusing campaign funds in a big no-no.
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Been kinda following this story as it developed. Hill and her husband apparently enticed this (not-unwilling) young female campaign volunteer into a menage a trois. But Hill gets elected and suddenly her open marriage is probably not an asset, and she dumps both the hubby and the new gf, and continues to pay rent and utilities on gf's apartment (according to text messages) but writes it off as campaign expenses.
 
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Good on her for breaking the "political workplace sexual malfeasance" glass ceiling for all of women. A true trailblazer.
 
The leading photo in the daily mail piece emphasized the photo of her illegally using drugs with an iron cross tattoo.ut was a target rich situation.
 
I don't have a problem with torrid sex affairs but if someone's going to have them in the workplace they have to accept the consequences. Fun is fun, work is work, keep 'em separate if you're unwilling to entertain risk. I don't give a crap about "morals" but I do believe in professionalism.
 
TragicMonkey said:
I don't have a problem with torrid sex affairs but if someone's going to have them in the workplace they have to accept the consequences. Fun is fun, work is work, keep 'em separate if you're unwilling to entertain risk. I don't give a crap about "morals" but I do believe in professionalism.
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Is it a workplace? It is choosing to represent your community in government, like a PTA. Would that make the musical 1776 a workplace comedy.
 
Puppycow said:
Actually, paying campaign staffers for their services from campaign money isn't illegal. It's pretty standard. But I guess if you also have an affair with them, that's where it becomes questionable because of the possible conflict of interest.
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Why? Paying spouses and children for their roles in the campaign is also common. Why should a staffer who is in a more intimate relationship be different?
 
Brainster said:
Been kinda following this story as it developed. Hill and her husband apparently enticed this (not-unwilling) young female campaign volunteer into a menage a trois. But Hill gets elected and suddenly her open marriage is probably not an asset, and she dumps both the hubby and the new gf, and continues to pay rent and utilities on gf's apartment (according to text messages) but writes it off as campaign expenses.
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Paying cover-up money is all good though. Or is it just because she isn't a porn star?
 
She should just change her affiliation from (D) to (R) and then she can stay in office.....oh wait.. she's a woman. Only men in the Republican party can get away with this kind of behavior.
 
TragicMonkey said:
I don't have a problem with torrid sex affairs but if someone's going to have them in the workplace they have to accept the consequences. Fun is fun, work is work, keep 'em separate if you're unwilling to entertain risk. I don't give a crap about "morals" but I do believe in professionalism.
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Overall, I agree. IMO, Hill did some unprofessional things, but nothing that bothers me morally (AFAIK know, it was revealed she was using a substance that's legal now and engaging on consensual sexual activities - how shocking!) and it's disappointing that a smear campaign from the freaking Daily Mail had forced her to resign over a manufactured moral panic.

And it's even worse that Hill's activities aren't even especially outrageous among her peers. I'm fairly close to a small number of people that have worked in politics and the stories I've heard would probably make a lot of peoples' heads spin. Politicians and staff are good at keeping a lot of things under wraps, but behind closed doors, they're frequently a bunch of debased animals. Hill's activities with consensual threesomes and something as harmless and now-legal as pot might be the least scandalous story of this type I've ever heard.
 
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