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In reply to the discussion: I don't know why we couldn't wait until the ethics investigation played out with Franken [View all]Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)43. The Senate Ethics Committee has never investigation that took place before a person was a Senator
Its questionable at best if they have the authority to, and its very likely that they wont because none of the other members of the Senate want to set the precedent that their entire lives before they were elected are fair game for the ethics committee.
The folks talking about an investigation who are in the Senate know this and are just talking about an investigation to sound good. Only one of the allegations is said to have happened when he was a Senator so the rest would be not subject to an Ethics Committee investigation.
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I don't know why we couldn't wait until the ethics investigation played out with Franken [View all]
stevenleser
Dec 2017
OP
So, it's not that he's innocent, it's that the accusations aren't serious enough?
brooklynite
Dec 2017
#9
Spurious means fake/false, not "aren't serious enough". To address your last sentence, not that you
uppityperson
Dec 2017
#13
"You've never hugged or touched someone without asking for permission first?"
brooklynite
Dec 2017
#15
Even if every word is true...I don't think they are serious enough for a forced resignation, but I
Demsrule86
Dec 2017
#65
Several of the complaints would have been dismissed out of hand -- as they should have been
pnwmom
Dec 2017
#21
The senate ethics committee by law has an equal number of Democrats and Republicans, 3 each
stevenleser
Dec 2017
#22
Wow, why DOES ANY investigation happen then? You seriously do not get it! n/t
USALiberal
Dec 2017
#78
accusors didn't want an investigation . Gillibrand led it just like Bernie did with the medicare
JI7
Dec 2017
#3
She is my senator, and I like how she has been doing, but I did not think her ready for the national
stevenleser
Dec 2017
#8
The multiple accusations are a concern, but there were also troubling issues with the accusations
stevenleser
Dec 2017
#23
Steven, I don't understand either. It feels like mass madness, completely self-destructive...
Hekate
Dec 2017
#29
In the speech announcing he would be resigning, Franken specifically spoke to that issue...
PoliticAverse
Dec 2017
#30
He can't speak to the issue I am discussing. It's why the pressure from other senators to resign. nt
stevenleser
Dec 2017
#60
Yes I have. That is one possibility, but it doesnt explain the pressure from other senators.
stevenleser
Dec 2017
#59
Bob Packwood's investigation took three years and only concluded when...
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2017
#39
There are nine witnesses and countless corroborative witnesses for the accusers.
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2017
#55
If you can cite an authoritative source that an inquiry of this size and magnitude
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2017
#57
O J was arrested on June 17, 1994. He was acquitted on all charges on October 3, 1995
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2017
#70
You keep repeating how long you think the inquiry should take which is your right.
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2017
#75
The Senate Ethics Committee has never investigation that took place before a person was a Senator
Lee-Lee
Dec 2017
#43
I'm calling Sen. Murphy today to complain and Senator Blumenthal to thank him.
femmedem
Dec 2017
#50
Total HS that democrats railroad a fellow senator right out of office without
workinclasszero
Dec 2017
#63