A former Hill staffer Dec. 15 accused House Workforce committee ranking member Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) of sexual harassment. The Virginia Democrat has denied the allegations.
M. Reese Everson, at a news conference, accused Scott of improper touching and sexual advances when she served in his office in 2013 as part of a Congressional Black Caucus Foundation fellowship. She claimed that she abruptly left the fellowship and was “improperly terminated.”
“I was blackballed,” she said.
Spokespersons for Scott pointed Bloomberg Law to other reports of the allegations, which included a statement from Scott denying the claims. Scott added that Everson ...
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