ETHICS/LEGAL/POLITICAL FIGURES: “The Senate Ethics Committee has begun looking into the allegations against Sen. Al Franken, according to a statement from the committee issued Thursday [11-30-17]…
Franken faces numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, including one incident shared by an accuser who came forward earlier Thursday. Stephanie Kemplin, a 41-year-old Army veteran, told CNN that Franken cupped her breast during a photo op while she was deployed in Kuwait.
Prior to Kemplin coming forward, multiple other women had shared experiences in which they say the Democratic senator from Minnesota groped them.
The accusations began when morning news anchor Leeann Tweeden said Franken groped and kissed her during a USO tour in 2006.
Regarding the accusation by Kemplin, a Franken spokesperson told CNN Wednesday night, ‘As Sen. Franken made clear this week, he takes thousands of photos and has met tens of thousands of people and he has never intentionally engaged in this kind of conduct. He remains fully committed to cooperating with the ethics investigation.’ “
-Sophie Tatum and MJ Lee, “Senate Ethics Committee looking into Franken’s actions,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Nov. 30, 2017 09:47pm