Another House Democrat was revealed to be caught up in a settlement on Monday night, this time from an incident in 2000 which involved firing a staffer in retaliation for reporting that she was allegedly sexually assaulted at a business that was connected to an important campaign contributor.
Andrea Payne, a former congressional aide for Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), filed a complaint with the Office of Compliance while she worked in the congressman’s New York Queens office after the alleged sexual assault, The Daily Caller News Foundation reported. Meeks, who fired her shortly after, admitted in a lawsuit that he did not fire her because of anything related to the quality of her on-the-job performance.
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