So Democrat Rep. Al Green out of no where today decided to drop this weird statement from himself AND SOMEONE WHO ACCUSED HIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
No, really.
Here’s what it said:
Notice how he keeps repeating over and over that they’re friends?
AND he makes sure that everyone knows there was NO TRANSFER of money – like in the scandal with John Conyers.
Anyway, the Daily Caller said the original story is WAY more salacious – here’s what they found:
Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green had sex with a staffer who he said was a drug addict and then sued her when she threatened to go public with claims she suffered a hostile work environment, saying he “will not be extorted or blackmailed.”
Lucinda Daniels, his onetime district director, claimed she suffered a hostile work environment, claimed sexual harassment and demanded $1.8 million. Green sued her, saying she was using their sexual relationship to shake him down at the behest of other unnamed conspirators.
“Daniels has threatened to go public with her complaints if the Congressman does not per her money. Green has done nothing wrong and refuses to pay ‘hush money’ just for political expediency. Green will not be extorted or blackmailed by Daniels. He will not be the victim of a shakedown by Daniels and her agents. Green demands vindication of his actions and now sues Daniels for declaratory judgment relief relating to her workplace allegations and her quest for money,” documents Green filed in federal court in 2008 say.
Daniels also unknowingly dialed the congressman while she was allegedly buying cocaine. Green submitted the voicemail, now sealed, as evidence in the case.
Uhm. Wow. Green said that the recording caught her snorting coke!!! Crazy.
Anyway, now they’re all friends. And they promise that no money was exchanged to buy her silence. And of course we all believe them right? Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight…