Whoops.
Via The Hill:
A former staffer to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) reportedly resigned last summer in protest of Gillibrand’s handling of her sexual harassment complaint against one of the senator’s top aides.
Politico reported Monday that the unidentified female staffer said the older male aide repeatedly made unwanted advances and sexist comments about other women in the office.
The accusations that her office mishandled a sexual harassment complaint could cast a shadow on Gillibrand, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate who has been a vocal defender of sexual harassment victims and a leader in “Me Too”-related reform efforts on Capitol Hill.
According to Politico, the former staffer said in a letter to Gillibrand, her chief of staff and her general counsel that she filed a formal complaint alleging sexual harassment by Gillibrand’s special assistant, Abbas Malik, who worked as the senator’s driver and military adviser.