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Something's getting ready to break (Original Post) octoberlib Nov 2017 OP
Hopefully it is Hannity Matthew28 Nov 2017 #1
He covers Congress for WaPo octoberlib Nov 2017 #2
Looks like it's in regards to Joe Barton: W_HAMILTON Nov 2017 #3
She has a recording of him threatening her!!! Maraya1969 Nov 2017 #8
Congressman told woman he would report her to Capitol Police if she exposed his secret sex life .99center Nov 2017 #4
Yep, that's it. octoberlib Nov 2017 #6
Paul Harvey? itsrobert Nov 2017 #5
Drum roll! Puzzledtraveller Nov 2017 #7
... left-of-center2012 Nov 2017 #11
Weird that a reporter would do this melman Nov 2017 #9
It's just more info on the Barton story oberliner Nov 2017 #10

Maraya1969

(22,481 posts)
8. She has a recording of him threatening her!!!
Wed Nov 22, 2017, 10:57 PM
Nov 2017

She shared a secretly recorded phone conversation she had with Barton in 2015 in which he warned her against using the explicit materials “in a way that would negatively affect my career.”

.99center

(1,237 posts)
4. Congressman told woman he would report her to Capitol Police if she exposed his secret sex life
Wed Nov 22, 2017, 10:54 PM
Nov 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/congressman-told-woman-he-would-report-her-to-capitol-police-if-she-exposed-his-secret-sex-life/2017/11/22/e3345862-cf10-11e7-a1a3-0d1e45a6de3d_story.html?utm_term=.e22661902311
Rep. Joe Barton, who apologized Wednesday for a lewd photo of him that circulated on the Internet, told a woman to whom he had sent sexually explicit photos, videos and messages that he would report her to the Capitol Police if she exposed his behavior, according to a recording reviewed by The Washington Post.
 

melman

(7,681 posts)
9. Weird that a reporter would do this
Wed Nov 22, 2017, 11:01 PM
Nov 2017

Stand by? I don't know, seems unprofessional. Report it or don't.

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