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Texas Rep. Blake Farenthold Won’t Seek Re-Election, Amid Sexual Harassment Revelations

HeadlineDec 15, 2017

A fourth U.S. lawmaker has been forced from Congress over allegations of sexual harassment or assault. Texas Republican Congressmember Blake Farenthold says he will not seek re-election, after revelations he paid $84,000 of taxpayer money in a 2014 sexual harassment settlement with his former communications director, Lauren Greene. Greene says she’s been forced to resort to babysitting and other odd jobs to make ends meet, after Farenthold “blackballed” her from politics when she accused him of sexual harassment, gender discrimination and creating a hostile work environment.

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