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Al Franken says he 'absolutely' regrets resigning over sexual misconduct allegations

Former Minnesota Sen. Al Franken says he "absolutely" regrets resigning in 2017 amid pressure over sexual misconduct allegation...

Former Minnesota Sen. Al Franken says he "absolutely" regrets resigning in 2017 amid pressure over sexual misconduct allegations made against him by several women.
The "Saturday Night Live" alum made the admission to The New Yorkermagazine in an article released Monday, wherein a slew of his fellow Democrats now say, in retrospect, they were wrong to ask for Franken to step down.

What are the details?

Franken gave up his seat in disgrace in 2017 after eight women stepped forward claiming he forcibly kissed them or otherwise touched them inappropriately. When asked by The New Yorker's Jane Mayer if he regrets his decision to resign, he answered, "Oh, yeah. Absolutely."
The former lawmaker explained that now, "I can't go anywhere without people reminding me of this, usually with some version of, 'You shouldn't have resigned.'"
Six current and former Democratic senators told The New Yorker they were wrong for asking Franken to leave office over the allegations. Sens. Patrick Leahy (Vt.), Tammy Duckworth (Ill.), Jeff Merkley (Ore.), Tom Udall (N.M.) and former Sens. Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.) and Bill Nelson (Fla.) all expressed their regret to the magazine.
Independent Sen. Angus King (Maine) emphasized that he'd "regretted it ever since" calling for Franken's resignation.
"There's no excuse for sexual assault," King said. "But Al deserved more of a process. I don't denigrate allegations, but this was the political equivalent of capital punishment."
After detailing the remorse of the seven senators who now wish Franken were still serving in the Upper Chamber despite their past statements, Mayer went on to poke holes in the allegations made against Franken by his first accuser, radio host Leeann Tweeden.

Anything else?

But others have poked holes in Jane Mayer's reporting. Earlier this year, Mayer wrote a piece accusing Fox News of intentionally holding off on reporting the Stormy Daniels story, a claim vehemently denied and evidenced by the former executive named in the article.
As The Daily Wire's Ashe Show points out, Mayer previously joined Ronan Farrow in chronicling uncorroborated claims against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, but "now Mayer appears to have changed her tune when it comes to accusations against powerful men, at least powerful Democrats."
In promoting her Franken piece on Twitter, Mayer wrote, "Almost NOTHING His Main Accuser Said checks out: the Case of Al Franken." 

2 comments

  1. What is good for Israel should be good for America. NO "dual citizen" allowed in government. Israel: Three dual-citizen MKs ordered to annul their foreign passports
    by Shahar Ilan - Haaretz - Feb18 2009
    The Central Elections Committee has ordered three Knesset members with dual citizenship to annul their foreign passports by next Tuesday's swearing-in ceremony, or at least begin steps to cancel them.
    The three lawmakers are Yohanan Plesner of Kadima (who has Danish citizenship), Nitzan Horowitz of Meretz (a Polish citizen) and Yisrael Beiteinu's Anastasia Michaeli, who holds a Russian passport. The Basic Law on the Knesset states that "a member of Knesset holding an additional citizenship that is not Israeli ... will not take the oath of loyalty until he has done everything he can to relinquish it." -
    Nobody can have loyalty to TWO Nations at the same time. So nobody with "dual citizenship" should be allowed to hold any post in our government, JUST LIKE ISRAEL DOES.. https://alethonews.wordpress.com/2017/12/08/do-you-hold-dual-citizenship-you-can-serve-in-congress-but-not-the-israeli-knesset/

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  2. Well Al look at it this way. Bill Clinton skated on his NUMEROUS rapes and worse for 30 years; you just took a little of the load off his sleazy shoulders.


    Next time just tell your friends to shove it.

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