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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 -- 10:55 am
UPDATE: Former House Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) has been investigated over allegations he groped "multiple male staffers" in Congress, contradicting his earlier claims that the allegations sprang only from his use of "salty language," the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
The allegations surrounding the former lawmaker date back at least a year, and involve "a pattern of behavior and physical harassment," according to one source. The new claims of alleged groping contradict statements by Massa, who resigned his office on Monday after it became public that he was the subject of a House ethics committee investigation for possible harassment...
According to two sources familiar with the probe, Massa's former deputy chief of staff Ron Hikel provided the information about the staffers' allegations to the House ethics committee three weeks ago. Hikel had earlier sought advice from Majority Leader Steny Hoyer's office about brewing internal complaints, the sources said, and had been urged to report the allegations to the committee.
Writing on his True/Slant blog, Michael Roston notes that the claims of physical harrassment by Massa came hours before an airing of Glenn Beck on Fox News featuring the former House representative. Massa, a Democrat, became an unlikely hero of Beck's when he alleged that the Democratic leadership forced him out of office because of his opposition to health care reform.
Beck's producers are going to "need some Tums," Roston quips.
ORIGINAL STORY FOLLOWS BELOW
During an appearance on Good Morning America Tuesday morning, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that there is no truth to the allegations that Democratic leadership forced Rep. Eric Massa to resign because he wouldn't vote for health care reform.
"I think this whole story is ridiculous. I think the latest excuse is silly and ridiculous," Gibbs said. "We're focused not on crazy allegations but instead on making this system work for the American people rather than insurance companies."
On his last day as a US congressman, Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) blasted White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and Democratic leaders for allegedly conspiring to remove him from Congress. He also addressed allegations that he harassed a male aide, admitting his actions were "inappropriate."
The White House spokesman referred to Massa's admission that he "grabbed [a] staff member sitting next to [him at a wedding] and said, ‘Well, what I really ought to be doing is frakking you,'" after first only copping to using "salty language": "I think clearly his actions appear to be in the appropriate venue in the Ethics Committee to look at."
The remainder of the article (plus video) can be found at:
http://rawstory.com/2010/03/gibbs-massa-conspiracy-ridiculous/
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