She’s making the fight against sexual assault and harassment a key component of her Democratic presidential campaign. But now Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York – one of the most vocal advocates of the #MeToo movement who also led the charge in calling for fellow Democratic Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota to resign – is dealing with a harassment issue in her own Senate office. GILLIBRAND DEFENDS GREEN NEW DEALLast summer, a female aide in her mid-20’s who was working in Gillibrand’s office resigned in protest as she criticized the office’s handling of her sexual harassment complaint against a senior male adviser to the senator. The woman – who was granted anonymity because of fears of retaliation – resigned less than three weeks after reporting the alleged harassment. In the letter, the woman urged that the senator “draw a line in the sand and say none of it is O.K.

Source: Fox News March 11, 2019 13:52 UTC