russell simmons

<p id="kWKBYo" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-family: Balto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(76, 78, 77); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/29/16714688/matt-lauer-today-show-ann-curry" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent !important; color: rgb(79, 113, 119); transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; font-weight: 600;">Lauer</a>, <a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/11/29/16715604/garrison-keillor-fired-allegations" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent !important; color: rgb(79, 113, 119); transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; font-weight: 600;">Garrison Keillor</a>, and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/arts/russell-simmons-sexual-harassment.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent !important; color: rgb(79, 113, 119); transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; font-weight: 600;">Russell Simmons</a> all lost their jobs this week as a result of sexual misconduct allegations against them. John Conyers, Blake Farenthold, and Ruben Kihuen kept theirs. Donald Trump still has his. And <a href="https://www.vox.com/2017/12/2/16727436/roy-moore-doug-jones-washington-post-poll" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent !important; color: rgb(79, 113, 119); transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; font-weight: 600;">Roy Moore</a> might be about to get a new one.<p id="7I88wr" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-family: Balto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(76, 78, 77); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The list of high-powered men hit by sexual harassment allegations continued to grow this week both in<span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: 700;"> corporate America and on Capitol Hill. While the private sector has generally dealt swiftly with such allegations, Congress has been much slower to act, even as more of its members come under the microscope.<p id="Pe77DJ" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-family: Balto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(76, 78, 77); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rep. Ruben Kihuen (D-NV) is the latest member of Congress to be hit with allegations of sexual misconduct. <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/katenocera/she-says-she-quit-her-campaign-job-after-he-harassed-her?utm_term=.qqmakX8Ga#.srPnpqdXn" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent !important; color: rgb(79, 113, 119); transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; font-weight: 600;">BuzzFeed News</a> reported on Friday that the Nevada Democrat made repeated unwanted sexual advances toward a 25-year-old woman named Samantha during his 2016 campaign. The woman became so uncomfortable with the situation that she quit her job.<p id="AinuLR" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-family: Balto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; color: rgb(76, 78, 77); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">She told BuzzFeed she spoke with a contact at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)<span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: 700;"> about her decision to leave, telling a midlevel staffer who no longer works there that Kihuen had made her uncomfortable. That staffer <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/katenocera/she-says-she-quit-her-campaign-job-after-he-harassed-her?utm_term=.rjd2zmdl2#.hxaQbBrLQ" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit !important; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: transparent !important; color: rgb(79, 113, 119); transition: color 0.1s, background-color 0.1s, fill 0.1s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; font-weight: 600;">confirmed to BuzzFeed</a>that a conversation took place but said she did not tell him specifics. The staffer then informed Kihuen’s campaign manager at the time, who confronted the congressman. Kihuen denied anything improper had happened.