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The House Ethics Committee on Monday recommended Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) be formally censured by the full House because he had violated “the spirit” of the chamber’s rules against sexual harassment and unwanted advances.
The report from the committee said Edwards, who is married, had engaged in “highly unprofessional” conduct with two members of his staff that “made the women feel uncomfortable, and/or gave the appearance of a sexual or romantic advance.”
“Taken individually, many of Representative Edwards’ actions were at minimum inappropriate; a Member of Congress should not single out a staffer and isolate them from other staff, make frequent comments regarding that person’s appearance and weight, send messages in the middle of the night, text staff deeply personal and seemingly romantic thoughts, intrude on personal occasions without invitation, pay for personal vacations, and spend thousands of dollars on gifts for staffers. That Representative Edwards did all these things to two young staffers, repeatedly over a sustained period, was beyond inappropriate,” the committee report said.
Edwards’s attorney, in a formal response to the committee’s findings, claimed that the panel had “exonerated” the congressman under the House’s rules on sexual harassment and said the recommendation for censure was based on “vague standards requiring credible behavior and adherence to the spirit of the Rules of the House” rather than rules violating sexual misconduct.
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