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KY State Rep. Jeff Hoover Faces Pressure to Resign over Sexual Harassment Settlement

HeadlineNov 10, 2017

This comes after Kentucky state Congressmember Jeff Hoover has resigned as Kentucky’s House speaker, after it surfaced that he’d settled a sex harassment claim with one of his female staff members. He is refusing to give up his seat altogether, despite escalating pressure.

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