Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) speaks on Capitol Hill in 2014. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Many House Democrats have stopped short of calling for Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) to resign in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against him. But the congressman’s hometown newspaper, the Detroit Free Press, did not hold back, publishing an editorial online late Tuesday that urged the senior Democratic lawmaker to step down immediately. “It looks an awful lot like hush money,” the editorial board wrote. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and a growing list of other Democrats called for a formal ethics investigation into Conyers on Tuesday.

Source: Washington Post November 22, 2017 08:48 UTC