Headline Roundup • October 28th, 2019
Representative Katie Hill (D-CA) Resigns Amid Allegations Of Staffer Relationship
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Washington Times
Rep. Katie Hill on Sunday announced her resignation from Congress amid a House Ethics Committee investigation into her alleged involvement in a bisexual love triangle and an affair with a member of her congressional staff.
“It is with a broken heart that today I announce my resignation from Congress,” Ms. Hill said in a statement. “This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do, but I believe it is the best thing for my constituents, my community, and our country.”
The freshman California Democrat is embroiled in a...
After she won reelection last year as part of a historic, female-driven wave for House Democrats, the party picked Rep. Katie Hill (Calif.) to be one of its faces of success.
She is young (32), diverse (one of the first openly bisexual members of Congress), politically astute (her first time running for office was for this seat) and from the kind of district that helped the Democrats win back the House last year and that they hope to keep.
But as swift as her rise came her fall. Hill is...
BBC News
US lawmaker Katie Hill has announced her resignation from Congress, following allegations that she had an affair with a Capitol Hill aide.
The California Democrat, who has denied the claim, said she was stepping down with a "broken heart".
"I believe it is the best thing for my constituents, my community, and our country," she wrote on Twitter.
The resignation came days after she was placed under investigation by the House of Representatives Ethics Committee.
Why is there an investigation?
The ethics committee launched an inquiry after conservative blog RedState...
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