"When I had the courage to speak up about my harasser, - I was belittled by her office and Posted: Mar 14th, 2019 - 4:57 am In Reply to: Gillibrand wanted to destroy Kavanaugh's career but ignored - sexual misconduct in her office
treated like an inconvenience,” the woman said of Gillibrand in an interview. “She kept a harasser on her staff until it proved politically untenable for her to do so.”
Another women staffer said Gillibrand’s employee, Malik, a Muslim, often called her fat and unattractive to her face and made light of sexual abuse.
She recalled one instance in which Muslim Malik remarked that a particular woman they were talking about “couldn’t get laid unless she was raped.”
Two more staffers who worked for Gillibrand said the woman’s claims of Malik’s inappropriate workplace behavior matched their own experiences.
They said Malik regularly made misogynistic jokes, frequently appraised what they wore, disparaged the looks of other female staffers and rated the attractiveness of women who came in for interviews.
Gillibrand’s office acknowledged it found evidence that Malik had made unspecified inappropriate comments and revoked his expected promotion, which would have come with a raise. It also moved his desk and gave him a final warning.
This was not the first time the senator’s top aides dealt with an allegation of bad behavior by Malik: According to a firsthand witness of an incident in 2015, Malik confronted a fellow aide in the office.
He got in the man’s face, pushed his desk and threatened to “***ing” hurt him, the witness said, describing the confrontation as “violent.”
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