We've got a name! REPORT: This House member paid out a HEFTY sexual harassment settlement (with YOUR money)

Sarah D | 1:11 PM on December 01, 2017

Annnnnd we’re off to the races! Currently leading the pack, Rep. Blake Farenthold:

JUST IN: Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) has been identified as a U.S. House member involved in a sexual harassment settlement totaling a $84,000 payout, @CBSNews/@juliannagoldman confirms pic.twitter.com/7NuzGWmX9v

— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) December 1, 2017

Oh.

More on the settlement, from Politico:

Lauren Greene, the Texas Republican’s former communications director, sued her boss in December 2014 over allegations of gender discrimination, sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment.

Greene claimed in the lawsuit that another Farenthold aide told her the lawmaker had “sexual fantasies” and “wet dreams” about Greene. She also claimed that Farenthold “regularly drank to excess” and told her in February 2014 that he was “estranged from his wife and had not had sex with her in years.”

When she complained about comments Farenthold and a male staffer made to her, Greene said the congressman improperly fired her. She filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, but the case was later dropped after both parties reached a private settlement.

So, will he be refunding taxpayers now or later?

MORE: In a statement, Rep. Farenthold says "I can neither confirm nor deny that settlement involved my office as the Congressional Accountability Act prohibits me from answering that question" pic.twitter.com/fSfYTBwUz1

— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) December 1, 2017

OK, then.

https://twitter.com/CounterMoonbat/status/936658480932446208

https://twitter.com/CounterMoonbat/status/936658859132829696

How's this for an Orwellian statement: “I can neither confirm nor deny that settlement involved my office as the **Congressional Accountability Act** prohibits me from answering that question,” Farenthold said in a statement. https://t.co/oh9QaF6Irw

— Michael Linhorst (@MichaelLinhorst) December 1, 2017