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Report: Disgraced Rep. Conyers Threatened Intern Who Rebuffed His Sexual Advances With Chandra Levy Murder

By Alex Griswold. A former intern for outgoing Rep. John Conyers says the Michigan Democrat propositioned her, and when she rebuffed his advances, he brought up a Washington, D.C. intern who had mysteriously disappeared.

Courtney Morse, now 36, told the Washington Post she was a 20-year-old student when she accepted an internship with Conyers’ office. One night, he offered to drive her home, and once they arrived, he “wrapped his hand around hers as it rested in her lap, and told her he was interested in a sexual relationship.” . . .

“He said he had insider information on the case. I don’t know if he meant it to be threatening, but I took it that way,” she told the Post. “I got out of the car and ran.” (Read more from “Report: Disgraced Rep. Conyers Threatened Intern Who Rebuffed His Sexual Advances With Chandra Levy Murder” HERE)

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Charges Were Dropped Against Illegal Charged in Levy Murder; Still Unsolved

By Eli Watkins. Levy disappeared in 2001, and her skull was found in a Washington park. Levy’s family alleged a romantic connection between Levy and then-Rep. Gary Condit, a California Democrat. Condit was questioned but never charged in connection with the death, and he denied any involvement in it.

Years later, a jury convicted Ingmar Guandique for the murder, but prosecutors dropped charges against him on appeal in 2016, and the US said it deported him earlier this year.

Morse said she quit her internship after the incident. (Read more from “Charges Were Dropped Against Illegal Charged in Levy Murder; Still Unsolved” HERE)

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Conyers Announces Retirement, Endorses Son to Succeed Him

Rep. John Conyers on Tuesday announced his retirement from Congress while at a Michigan hospital, saying he is endorsing his son, John Conyers III, for the seat he has held for more than a half century amid growing sexual-misconduct allegations.

“I’m retiring today,” the 88-year-old Michigan Democrat said in a phone interview with a local radio station from a Detroit hospital, where he has been since last month after experiencing chest pains. “I want everyone to know how much I appreciate [their] support.”

Conyers, the longest-serving congressman, made the decision two weeks after sexual harassment allegations first surfaced and after returning last week to his Detroit-area district to discuss his political future with family and advisers.

The most recent accusations surfaced Monday and allege Conyers slid his hand up a woman’s skirt and rubbed her thighs while they sat next to each other in church during a service more than a decade ago.

The latest accusation comes amid mounting claims and after Conyers was hospitalized. (Read more from “Conyers Announces Retirement, Endorses Son to Succeed Him” HERE)

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Another Woman Accused Rep. John Conyers of Sexual Harassment in Court Filings This Year

Another former staff member to Michigan Rep. John Conyers alleged that she endured persistent sexual harassment by the congressman, according to court documents.

A former scheduler in the Conyers’ office attempted to file a sealed lawsuit against him this February in the US District Court for the District of Columbia that alleges she suffered unwanted touching by the Democrat “repeatedly and daily.” She abandoned the lawsuit the next month, after the court denied her motion to seal the complaint.

The woman was not involved in the 2015 sexual harassment and wrongful dismissal complaint that Conyers settled in 2015, which was revealed Monday by BuzzFeed News, and is now under investigation by the House Ethics Committee.

The lawsuit centered on behavior that took place later, from 2015 to 2016, but involves similar allegations. The woman said that shortly after she started to work for Conyers he began to make sexual advances in the form of inappropriate comments and touching.

“These behaviors and actions were so common and pervasive that they created a hostile work environment,” she alleged. (Read more from “Another Woman Accused Rep. John Conyers of Sexual Harassment in Court Filings This Year” HERE)

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