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Nov 26, 2017 · Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., broke eight days of media silence and addressed sexual harassment allegations in a series of interviews on Sunday. "I'm not going to make any excuses. I am embarrassed ...
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- Phil McCausland
- Leeann Tweeden
- Lindsay Menz
- Anonymous Accuser No. 1
- Anonymous Accuser No. 2
- Stephanie Kemplin
- Anonymous Accuser No. 3, An Elected Official
- Anonymous Accuser No. 4, A Former Congressional Aide
- Tina Dupuy
The first woman to come forwardwith allegations of impropriety against Franken was Tweeden, a female radio host. She claimed Franken, now Minnesota's junior Democratic senator, groped her while she was sleeping aboard a military plane on her way home from a USO tour in 2006. The alleged incident was captured in a photograph. She also claimed he for...
Menz accused Franken of groping her while posing for a phototogether at the Minnesota State Fair in 2010. “My husband steps away from us to take the photo. I stand next to Sen. Franken and he pulls me into him and then he moves his hand to my butt,” Menz, 33, told ABC News' chief national correspondent Tom Llamas. “I was shocked.” Franken released ...
The Huffington Post reportedthe claims of two women whose names were not disclosed. The first woman's alleged incident reportedly took place on June 25, 2007, at an event in Minneapolis hosted by the Minnesota Women's Political Caucus. Franken was not a senator but would have been running for his senatorial bid at the time of the alleged incident. ...
The second accuser, who also remains anonymous, said that Franken cupped her butt during a Democratic fundraiser in Minneapolis in 2008. The woman said that he suggested they visit the bathroom together, the Huffington Post reported. Franken denied the second portion of her claims. "I can categorically say that I did not proposition anyone to join ...
Kemplin told CNNthat Franken groped her breast while posing for a photo when she was deployed in Kuwait in 2003 and Franken was there as part of a USO tour. She is the second woman to accuse Franken, who previously starred on "Saturday Night Live," of sexual misconduct during his time entertaining troops abroad. "When he put his arm around me, he g...
A woman told Jezebelabout an alleged incident 2006 when Franken gave her a "wet, open-mouthed kiss" during an event. The woman, who declined to be identified -- saying that she "want[s] my name associated with my own accomplishments ... not publicly linked to a man's bad behavior" -- was reportedly the chair of her town's selectboard at the time of...
The most recent accuser said that her alleged incident also happened in 2006 after a taping of Franken's then-radio show. The unidentified accuser, who is a former Democratic congressional aide, spoke to Politicoand shared how she says she ducked to avoid Franken kissing her as she tried to leave the radio studio. She said that as she left the room...
An eighth accuser came forward on Dec. 6, writing in The Atlanticof an alleged groping incident. Dupuy, who identifies as a Democrat, wrote that she met Franken at a party thrown by a media group during President Barack Obama's inauguration. At the time, Franken's senatorial race would have been in the midst of a recount. His term officially began ...
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- ABC News
Jul 23, 2019 · NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Jane Mayer of "The New Yorker" about her investigation into allegations of sexual impropriety against former Senator Al Franken, a Minnesota Democrat who resigned in 2018.
Dec 7, 2017 · Franken is the second congressional Democrat to resign in the face of sexual assault allegations this year. The first, Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, announced on Tuesday that he’d be stepping ...
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Dec 22, 2017 · Al Franken is one of 262 celebrities and powerful people accused of sexual misconduct since 2017. See the full list: Al Franken is one of 262 celebrities, politicians, CEOs, and others who have ...
Nov 16, 2017 · Franken himself released an official apology. These actionable responses all stand in stark contrast to the skepticism leveled against other women who have come forward with stories of sexual assault.
Dec 6, 2017 · Some of his fellow Democrats condemned his behavior, but most stopped short of calling for him to step down. The allegation came amid a tide of sexual harassment and assault allegations against powerful figures in politics, media and entertainment since claims against movie producer Harvey Weinstein became public in early October.
