Farenthold pledges to repay taxpayers for sexual harassment case
Congressman Blake Farenthold, who made national headlines after it was disclosed his settlement of a sexual harassment federal lawsuit cost taxpayers $84,000, has vowed to borrow enough money to repay the government.
The four-term Corpus Christi Republican said in a television interview with KRISTV on Monday his plan to make the payment does not change his often-repeated assertion that he did not harass former communications director Lauren Greene. Green worked for him in his Washington, D.C., office for about a year and a half.
"I want to be clear that I didn't do anything wrong, but I also don't want taxpayers to be on the hook for this," Farenthold said in the TV interview. "And I want to be able to talk about it and fix the system without having people say 'Blake, you've benefited from the system. You don't have the right to talk about it or fix it.' "
When reports that the settlement was paid by public funds surfaced on Friday, Farenthold said in a statement that federal law prohibited him from discussing the matter in detail. His office did not respond to a request for an interview from the USA Today Network on Monday, but he told the television station he now believes he can talk about it.
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What Blake doesn't understand is that even if he pays back the entire amount with interest, he still has benefited from the system. Blake kept his job, Lauren didn't keep her job.
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