What happened to the Ethics finding on his Chief of Staff whom Meadows asked to resign over multiple and I MEAN multiple sexual harassment allegations? The Ethics people got involved when monies were paid to this Chief of Staff sexual predator after he left Meadows office.
This happened two and three years ago.. still.no apologies…..?????
MOORE ENDORSED BY MEADOWS …….12/6/2017
Well that certainly came as no surprise to me.
Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore received a boost in his Senate campaign as House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Mark Meadows announced his endorsement.
Meadows also confirmed that he will meet with Moore on Thursday.
Here is the entire PDF Ethics testimony from witnesses.
WASHINGTON — A Republican congressman leading the fight to defund Planned Parenthood paid his chief of staff for nearly six months after at least three female staffers complained that the top aide was sexually harassing subordinates, according to four sources close to the situation.
The women told North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows about chief of staff Kenny West’s behavior in March, sources said. At first, Meadows barred West from his D.C. office, but reassigned him to the district office and continued paying him. Meadows eventually sent West off with a sizable severance.
SHEVILLE – U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-Jackson, should apologize to women who were sexually harassed by Meadows' former chief of staff, Kenny West, and explain why he kept West on the payroll for months while West did little or nothing to earn his paycheck, Meadows' Democratic challenger said Tuesday.
Rick Bryson is absolutely correct. He enabled that situation. Seems there is more dirt under the rug up on Capitol Hill.
Rick Bryson, a Bryson City alderman, also said Meadows should reimburse the federal government for the more than $150,000 he says West was paid after he was barred from Meadows' offices in Washington and Hendersonville.
No more coverup. No more evasion," Bryson said. "The people of Western North Carolina demand an explanation as to why he played fast and loose with our taxpayer money."
Bryson said Meadows had been told by people who knew West before Meadows hired him that West's conduct around women was problematic.
No more coverup. No more evasion," Bryson said. "The people of Western North Carolina demand an explanation as to why he played fast and loose with our taxpayer money."
Bryson said Meadows had been told by people who knew West before Meadows hired him that West's conduct around women was problematic.
Bryson said he has heard rumors about why Meadows "would continue to pay West over and over and over" but not anything he can substantiate.
"The unanswered question, that I probably shouldn't ask, is what did West have on him?" he said.
Well that is the question now isn’t it? Why pay someone to leave their workplace because from testimony I read, all he really did was pray and look down blouses while rubbing on women staffers?
I think someone really needs to look into just how clean Mark Meadows is. The more conservative they say they are….the more I am suspect.
This is the ethics review….and I found no conclusion. It smelled of a cover up for this West fellow or hush money. Meadows hired his opponent in his district as his chief of staff in DC, after West lost in the primaries to Meadows. The testimony revealed the staff thought it strange and especially the paying him AFTER he was supposed to be terminated. West was accused of looking down staffer’s dresses, blouses, touching, and some claim Meadows was made aware and said he would take care of it yet he just told him not to come back to the DC office after some time and kept him on the payroll. He also instructed staff not to mention the allegations to anyone.
A person close to Meadows said he personally observed West’s behavior around women before he was offered the job, and warned Meadows about West. “There were a number of us who talked to him and basically said, ‘You have a problem here,’ before he ever got sworn into office,” he said. His behavior apparently didn’t change in the congressional office. “I’ve heard that basically since day one,” the source said.
Write up from North Carolina
www.citizen-times.com/...This article is dated a year or so ago.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Mark Meadows' chief of staff resigned after female employees accused him of inappropriate behavior but remained on the House payroll in violation of House rules, according to an independent investigation now under review by the House Ethics Committee.
Meadows, a Republican running for a third term, paid former chief of staff Kenny West $58,125 from April 2015 to August 2015 even though he was no longer working in Meadows’ office, according to the Office of Congressional Ethics, which investigated the allegations and reported its findings to the House Ethics Committee.
The House Ethics Committee, which is still reviewing the charges, released the investigative report Wednesday, as required by House rules. The disclosure “does not itself indicate that any violation has occurred or reflect any judgment on behalf of the committee,” according to a statement.
After searching...The only thing I really found was this on decision that they could not decide if he violated the law. WHAT ?????
Subject to the Nondisclosure Provisions of H. Res. 895 of the 110th Congress as Amended Page 3 of 18 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FINDINGS OF FACT AND CITATIONS TO LAW Review No. 15-1671 On February 26, 2016, the Board of the Office of Congressional Ethics (hereafter “the Board”)adopted the following findings of fact and accompanying citations to law, regulations, rules and standards of conduct (in italics). The Board notes that these findings do not constitute a determination of whether or not a violation actually occurred.
Lots of Taxpayer money to a fired Chief of Staff who may or may not have continued to work for Meadows...whose co workers did not see him anymore in the office yet he still called in and got a paycheck. Meadows wrote a letter to Congress and said it was severance. Heck of a lot of go money. Seems to me everything was dropped. Why?
Witnesses testified that West would have the female staffers hold his hand while he prayed. He would bible thump one minute and off color remarks and gaze down blouses and dresses and feel and touch the next. This was under oath with the Ethics commission. Meadows and West never showed up for these reviews.
This whole mess was going on from 2014 through 2015 and finally Feb 2016...it appears the Board adopted finding of “ We don’t know”. Was West paid off with taxpayer money which IS a violation and why did Meadows want the staff not to talk people even inside the office.
Meadows wrote a letter and all is good. WHAT !!!!!! I believe he knew and I believe he covered it up. I believe there is so much corruption going on in his office and all that bible thumping don’t impress me.