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Last year, andrea mitchell, she falsely tried to claim that her claims had been discredited following an interview that i did with candidate trump. watch this. >> in one case its about exposure, in another case its about groping and fondling and touching against a womans well. >> and rape. >> and rape. >> donald trump using that word unprompted during an interview last night with fox news is sean hannity. bringing up a discredited and long denied accusations against former president bill clinton...

Legacy. hes known as a civil rights hero, but now were hearing reports that he allegedly paid a former staffer more than $27,000 for her to deny that her allegations, her initial complaint against him ever happened. should he resign? >> well, you certainly see the paper there in michigan calling for it. this the complicated way that they sort of hid the payment or seemed to have hid this payment so that it was off the books makes it even, you know, more shady, i guess if true. so its going to be...

Something. they are the ones who wrote these rules in the first place. back in 1995 when they created the office of compliance, which is the office where congressional staffers go to complain, they -- that actually was a step forward at the time. there was nothing for staffers to do. it has evolves into something that critics say is very much stacked in favor of the accused, in favor of the lawmaker and its stacked against the accuser. i think the more sunlight is on this issue and jackie speier...

The soldier now recovering after two operations, lucky to be alive, running for freedom, escaping with just seconds to spare. >> that was nbcs keir simmons reporting there. a house ethics panel confirms they have now launched investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by michigan congressman john conyers, this as a new accuser reportedly steps forward. well have the latest on that story. also a barrage of accusers coming forward in hollywood and the beltway, but how is this watershe...

Detroit free press called for him to step down writing, quote, his documented use of taxpayer dollars to bury allegations of sexual harassment goes too far. the 88-year-old conyers is the ranking democrat on the powerful judiciary committee. he has been in the house since 1965. he has denied the allegations, but acknowledged settling a complaint with an accuser in virtual secret. nbcs kasie hunt has been following the developments on this story. kasie, whats the congressman saying about all of t...

Packwood, for instance, that losing a seat is preferable to losing the honor of the senate. i think in this case, obviously he would like a republican, but hes not going to accept a republican he thinks is unacceptable. >> you would also think, brian, perhaps that if youre roy moore and you know even if you win youre going to be surrounded by colleagues who do not want you there and who are going to ostracize you, you would think that that would be part of his political calculation, no? >> yeah,...

The presidents agenda, to step aside and lumber off into the sunset. if theyre not going to return power to the people, they need to go! now. and thats the angle. and now, on to our top story tonight. a giant in the democratic party i just mentioned is being rocked by a second allegation of sexual misconduct. the second as many as two days. congressman john conyers paid his accuser $27,000 out of a congressional account in 2015 that drove another accuser to depression. the ethics committee is al...

Kathleen rice called on conyers to resign. a house democrats have called for conyers to step down from being the ranking member of the judiciary committee. this matter has led to questions about how staffers on capitol hill file complaints. the process is a staffer has 180 days after an alleged incident to give written notice to the office of compliance. then theres the counseling process that typically last another 30 days being advised of their rights. then its onto mediation for roughly anoth...

Influential lawyer in town who spent her career standing up to powerful interests. makes claims that when she worked for john conyers she was abused. she said she was not abused but she was, did recount walking to his office and he was sitting in his underwear. i dont know exactly how that doesnt fall into the category. the fact is she said she rang all the bells, all the alarms, she went to gebhardts office and she alerted everyone. all of it should be investigated and we should find out where ...

The appropriate thing right now is he should step down as the ranking member of the judiciary committee. and be subject to this ethics investigation. >> and the michigan democrat is facing calls to resign from back home over what the detroit free press describes as a public betrayal. >> as these new reports come out, it is worth looking at the process involved. we talked about this last week in making a sexual harassment claim against a member of congress and why we hear so little about them. le...