A day after announcing he had secured a new, six-figure lobbying job, former Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) said he has no intention of paying back tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars he used to settle a sexual harassment suit. Farenthold, who resigned from the House in April, used $84,000 in taxpayer money to settle the sexual harassment lawsuit brought against him by a former aide in 2014. When the news about the settlement broke in December, Farenthold vowed to quickly pay the money back but never did. “I will say this on the record: I have been advised by my attorneys not to repay that,” Farenthold told ABC. Had it continued, the committee might have required him to pay back the $84,000.

Source: Huffington Post May 15, 2018 20:27 UTC