.@NancyPelosi: Accused Congressman Conyers is an "icon" in our country. #MTP pic.twitter.com/4QlKKJTIJP
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) November 26, 2017
Nancy is now for due process.
Via BI:
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi dodged questions about whether Rep. John Conyers should resign following revelations that he settled a 2015 complaint with a former staffer who claimed she was fired after refusing his sexual advances.
When asked in an interview with Chuck Todd on “Meet The Press” whether Conyers should step aside, the California Democrat instead praised the longtime Michigan lawmaker, citing his work on the Violence Against Women Act as an example of his respect for women.
“We are strengthened by due process. Just because someone is accused — was it one accusation? Was it two?” Pelosi asked. “John Conyers is an icon in our country. He’s done a great deal to protect women.”
Pelosi called for an official House Ethics Committee inquiry into Conyers earlier this week, but stopped short of saying the 88-year-old lawmaker should step down.
Though she argued that both Conyers and his accusers were entitled to “due process,” Pelosi said the veracity of the accusations was “for the ethics committee to review,” and dodged a question about whether she believed his accusers.
“I don’t know who they are,” Pelosi said. “Do you? They have not come forward.”