Franken ‘ashamed’ but won’t resign
Senator Al Franken on Sunday said he accepted responsibility for his actions amid allegations of sexual harassment, but stressed he had no intention of resigning. "I'm going to go forward.
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Al Franken gives first interviews since sexual misconduct allegations
Minnesota Senator Al Franken says he is embarrassed and ashamed following accusations of inappropriate touching by four women. The Democrat sat down CBS Minneapolis and he also spoke with the local area newspaper and Minnesota Public Radio. Jamie Yuccas reports.
Franken ’embarrassed and ashamed’ over groping allegations
Sen. Al Franken said Sunday that he plans to return to the Senate on Monday and expressed embarrassment and shame after several women said he had touched them inappropriately. "I'm embarrassed and ashamed," the Minnesota Democrat said.
Sen. Al Franken will return to work amid sexual harassment allegations Read Story Associated Press
Minnesota Sen. Al Franken broke his silence Sunday after being swept into a nationwide tide of sexual harassment allegations, saying he feels "embarrassed and ashamed" but looks forward to returning to work on Monday and gradually regaining voters' trust. The Democrat spoke to a handful of media outlets in Minnesota in the first interviews he's granted after four women publicly accused him of misconduct.
Franken ashamed amid groping claims, will return to work
In a Nov. 15, 2017 file photo, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., speaks during the Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Franken has agreed to talk with a handful of Minnesota media outlets on Sunday, Nov. 26, marking his first interviews since the Democrat was swept into a nationwide tide of sexual harassment allegations.
Judges Bill O’Neill and Roy Moore affront Lady Justice: Darcy cartoon
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O'Neill's tone deaf, sexist Facebook post, and Cleveland.com interview defending Roy Moore, were an insult to all women, including the proverbial Lady Justice. O'Neill had posted on Facebook that with "the dogs of war...calling for the head of Senator Al Franken" he believed it was "time to speak up on behalf of all heterosexual males."
Al Franken Apologizes After More Women Accuse Him of Assault
Two more women have come forward to accuse Senator Al Franken of inappropriate touching, the Huffington Post reports . The women, who spoke anonymously out of fear of retribution, allege that Franken grabbed their butts, at two separate events.
What we know about the Al Franken accusations and responses
U.S. Sen. Al Franken looks up at a voter talking to him after a Minnesota State Fair radio interview on Aug. 28, 2014. Don Davis / Forum News Service ST.
Billy Baldwin: Trump made sexual advances on my wife
William "Billy" Baldwin says President Donald Trump made sexual advances on Baldwin's wife at a hotel party in New York. The actor made the accusations on Twitter after the president's son, Donald Trump Jr., tweeted about sexual harassment allegations against Senator Al Franken .
Franken apologizes for making some women a feel badlya
In this June 15, 2016, file photo, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., laughs during an interview with The Associated Press in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Franken has spent much of his nine years as senator trying to shed his funnyman image and digging into issues.
For Franken, a rising trajectory, and then the accusations new
In this June 15, 2016, file photo, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., laughs during an interview with The Associated Press in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Franken has spent much of his nine years as senator trying to shed his funnyman image and digging into issues.
Two more women accuse Al Franken of groping while at Democratic Party events during his 2008 campaign
United States Senator Al Franken is facing further accusations of groping women after two additional women came forward and told their stories to the Huffington Post . The misconduct allegations described by both women allegedly occurred during Franken's successful 2008 campaign, which was the former comedian's first foray into electoral politics.
ANALYSIS: Donald Trump only believes the truths that suit him
U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he arrives during the ASEAN-U.S. 40th Anniversary Commemorative Summit on the sideline of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Manila earlier this month. In the eyes of U.S. President Donald Trump, an American basketball player caught shoplifting in China is a "very big deal," but accusations of sexual assault against teenage girls by an Alabama Senate candidate don't mean much.
Trump on Roy Moore: ‘We don’t need a liberal’ in Alabama Read Story David Jackson, Usa Today
People are posting photos of their 14-year-old selves with the hashtags #NoMoore, #NeverMoore and #MeAt14 in response to The Washington Post article that reported Roy Moore had a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl. US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing from the south lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on November 21, 2017.
Past SNL performers, staff sign statement supporting Franken
The Associated Press) In this June 21, 2017 file photo, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., listens at a committee hearing at the Capitol in Washington. A second woman has accused Minnesota Sen. Al Franken of inappropriate touching, saying Monday, Nov. 20, 2017 that he put his hand on her bottom as they posed for a picture at the Minnesota State Fair in 2010, after he had begun his career in the Senate.
36 Female – SNL’ Staffers Support Al Franken Amid Sexual…
Senator Al Franken may not be getting support from a lot of the female population right now, but at least 36 women have got his back. Over three dozen women who worked with Franken on "Saturday Night Live" on Tuesday signed a letter of support for the former cast member, who has recently been accused of sexual misconduct by at least two women.
Huffington responds to photo of Franken cupping her breast
'The notion that there was anything inappropriate is truly absurd': Arianna Huffington defends Al Franken after pictures circulate of 2000 photoshoot in which Senator is groping her breasts But Huffington said in a statement that the photos were taken as a joke in 2000 to promote a segment called 'Strange Bedfellows' on Bill Maher's show On Monday the New York Post published photos taken in 2000 to promote a segment called 'Strange Bedfellows,' from Bill Maher's show on ABC Politically Correct. The photo shows the former Saturday Night Live star and current Minnesota Senator posing a bed, with Franken cupping Huffington's breast with one of his hands.
Democratic candidate apologizes for boast of bedding 50 hotties
William O'Neill said he was sorry to his family, friends and "thousands of strangers" who were hurt by his Facebook post on Friday in which he decided to "speak up on behalf of all heterosexual males" in light of critics calling for the resignation of Democratic US Sen. Al Franken after a woman accused him of groping her. "There comes a time in everyone's life when you have to admit you were wrong," O'Neill wrote .
Al Franken’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ era was full of jokes disparaging women
The photo that emerged last week of the senior senator from Minnesota pawing the breasts of a sleeping woman was heinous, but it wasn't unfamiliar. Nor was the mugging grin on Al Franken's face as he grabbed her, or his initial response that he was trying to be funny.
Ohio governor candidate issues second apology for remarks about sexual history
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O'Neill on Sunday issued a second apology for his controversial remarks in which he defended Sen. "There comes a time in everyone's life when you have to admit you were wrong," O'Neill, a Democrat running for Ohio governor, wrote in a Facebook post. "I am sorry.