{"id":137862,"date":"2019-11-15T21:21:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T21:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/congressman-who-was-impeached-as-judge-under-investigation-for-relationship-with-staffer\/"},"modified":"2019-11-15T21:21:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T21:21:03","slug":"congressman-who-was-impeached-as-judge-under-investigation-for-relationship-with-staffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/congressman-who-was-impeached-as-judge-under-investigation-for-relationship-with-staffer\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressman Who Was Impeached as Judge Under Investigation for Relationship With Staffer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Democratic congressman who was once impeached as a judge is under investigation for having a relationship with a congressional staffer.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/rep-alcee-hastings-accused-of-violating-house-rule-with-congressional-staff-relationship_3134323.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has admitted<\/a> to being in a relationship with Patricia Williams, a disbarred lawyer who works in his office.<\/p>\n<p>The House Ethics Committee said on Nov. 14 that it was gathering information about the relationship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Committee is specifically considering whether Representative Hastings relationship with the individual employed in his congressional office is in violation of House Rule XXIII, clause 18(a), and whether Representative Hastings has received any improper gifts, including any forbearance, from that employee. The Committee continues to gather additional information regarding the allegations,\u201d Chairman Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) and Ranking Member Kenny Marchant (R-Texas) said in <a href=\"https:\/\/ethics.house.gov\/press-release\/statement-chairman-and-ranking-member-committee-ethics-regarding-representative-alce-2\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a joint statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the cited House rule: \u201cA Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not engage in a sexual relationship with any employee of the House who works under the supervision of the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, or who is an employee of a committee on which the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner serves. This paragraph does not apply with respect to any relationship between two people who are married to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rule was passed in Feb. 2018.<\/p>\n<p>According to property records obtained by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/news\/20191031\/alcee-hastingsrsquo-relationship-with-aide-appears-to-flout-house-rule\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Palm Beach Post<\/a>, Hastings, 83, and Williams bought a $700,000 house together in 2017. Shes been working on Hastingss congressional staff since at least 2000, receiving nearly $3 million in taxpayer funds for her salary.<\/p>\n<p>Hastings told the paper: \u201cHowever it looks, its been looking like that for 25 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2019\/11\/15\/alcee-hastings-and-patricia-williams-1200x1812.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" \/><figcaption><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2019\/11\/15\/alcee-hastings-and-patricia-williams-1200x1812.jpg\" \/><\/figcaption><\/a> Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) poses for photos with Patrica Williams in a 2013 file photograph. (Photo by Kris Connor\/Getty Images for TV One)<\/figure>\n<p>Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) told the outlet that Hastingss relationship with Williams violates the resolution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis flouting of the rules is legenda<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/congressman-who-was-impeached-as-judge-under-investigation-for-relationship-with-staffer_3147552.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More \u2013 Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Democratic congressman who was once impeached as a judge is under investigation for having a relat..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Congressman Who Was Impeached as Judge Under Investigation for Relationship With Staffer - 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