Mr. Conyers spoke with several family members and deliberated during the Thanksgiving holiday before determining that the allegations had become too much of a distraction, the lawyer said. “He wanted time to think about this and reach a conclusion that he was comfortable with. And it was the right thing to do in his mind,” Mr. Reed said. Earlier, in an interview on “Meet the Press,” Ms. Pelosi said she expected that Mr. Conyers would “do the right thing,” though she was not specific. Ms. Bloom urged Mr. Conyers to release her client from the agreement so she could speak publicly.

Source: New York Times November 26, 2017 17:55 UTC