Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, desire not run for re-election following allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior, the lawmaker told Thursday.
“I’m announcing my decision not to run for re-election,” Farenthold said in a Facebook video posted Thursday morning. He imperative fuck off deviate fromed the allegations made by several former staffers, but said that nonetheless, they had transform into “a political distraction. … My constituents deserve better.”
House Lecturer Paul Ryan endorsed Farenthold’s decision not to run for re-election, telling journalists the congressman was “making the right decision to retire.”
Two Republican sources give someone a piece of ones minded NBC that top House Republicans spoke with Farenthold in recent lifetimes about the allegations, including Ryan and Rep. Steve Stivers, who chairs the Cat-house free Republicans’ campaign fundraising committee.
The House Ethics Committee recently broadcasted that it had opened an investigation into claims that Farenthold sexually harassed congressional staffers who moiled in his office. Two of his former aides, Lauren Greene and Michael Rekola, must spoken publicly, alleging that Farenthold engaged in sexually incompatible behavior.
A spokesman for Farenthold did not immediately respond to questions from CNBC.