Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.) is standing by her call for Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) to resign amid sexual harassment allegations, arguing that a congressional investigation into the matter is too little, too late. Rice, a former prosecutor, became the first Democratic lawmaker to call on Conyers to resign after BuzzFeed reported Monday that several female former staffers have accused him of sexual harassment. The report revealed that Conyers settled a wrongful dismissal lawsuit in 2015 with one of the women, who claimed he fired her after she rejected his sexual advances. The House Ethics Committee announced Tuesday that it was investigating the matter. But this has done little to appease some people, including Rice, who argued that such an investigation could take years and wouldn’t impose “real” accountability.

Source: Huffington Post November 24, 2017 16:30 UTC