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Pelosi Calls for Ethics Probe of Tony Cárdenas into Sexual Assault Allegations

HeadlineMay 07, 2018

In news from Capitol Hill, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has asked the House Ethics Committee to investigate allegations of child sex abuse against Democratic Congressmember Tony Cárdenas. A lawsuit filed last week alleges Cárdenas drugged and sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl in 2007. At the time, he was serving on the Los Angeles City Council. Cárdenas has denied the accusations.

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