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Activist. buzz feed cites four different people, including the accuser, confirmed their authenticity. earlier today, john conyers said he didnt know about the settlement. then a couple hours ago, his spokesperson said the congressman thought the a.p. reporter was talking about recent allegations of which he was unaware and denied. the congressman has released a statement. it reads -- >> shepar >> shepard: thats the end of the statement. the congressman says he will fully cooperate with the

Congress. the big surprise, neil, that he used a secret bureaucratic process congress has set up to handle harassment claims. the secret pay-out system has caught people on both sides of the aisle off guard. >> i think the american people deserve to understand what has been going on under the dome of the capitol. this is not a republican problem or a democratic problem. >> paul ryan calls the report troubling. he said he knew nothing about the pay-out and john boehner said he found out about the...

Days at gobblers rest. gobblers rest is on virginia techs campus. one of our star producers informed me in the morning meeting these turkeys go to virginia tech because theyre not smart enough to go to virginia. he went to uva, its a joke. so i think thats all we need to get there at the white house. were not going to get any questions there. president trump heading back inside. let us get back to the topic at hand here. also, in washington, d.c., today, another high-profile case of alleged sexu...

Defense contractors here this afternoon. he will be delivering his open press conference at 5:00 in person. and he is participating in a town hall in madison tonight. roy moore has essentially gone missing and has left his spokespeople to do the talking for him. doug jones is crossing the state doing the campaigning himself. >> von, thank you for your great reporting from alabama. in montgomery for us. the other high-profile case of alleged sexual misconduct we are volg involved the longest se...

However, they did go on and his office commented about that buzzfeed report. one thing i wanted to make clear, craig, too, one of the things we have been working to try to report out here at nbc news was the source of these documents and affidavits. they came and buzzfeed was transparent about this, they came from mike sernovich who is a pro-trump activist and they say they verified the documents by talking to four of the people who were involved. conyers says of the buzz feed report, quote, i e...

About this until receiving buzz feeds inquiry. paul ryan says this report is troubling. people that work in the house are entitled to a workplace without harassment. will we hear conyers talk about this in public? he says no because he says hes not allowed to. part of the conyers went on to say -- >> i also spoke to barbara comstock. she says shes working to freeze future taxpayer payments for sexual harassment settlements. shep? >> shepard: thanks, peter. president trump on the phone with vladi...

John conyers is 80 years old and is denying the allegations. he says his office resolved the case to avoid a court battle. according to buzz feed, john conyers paid more than $27,000 to settle the complaint and had the woman to sign an agreement of confidentiality. the one seat published statements from other former staff members that said that say saw the congressman touch women staffers inappropriately including legs and backs. they say congressman conyers would ask for sexual favors. one form...

About the process of understandable criticism. they are paid by the taxpayers. if you are anybody filing a complaint, not just a woman, but you have to sign a confidentiality agreement to be part of the process. to make your complaint, you have to sign a complaint. buzz feed with the story about an allegation of john coniers with offensive conduct with a staffer. one of the attorneys helped work on the case and designed a cover up. they were betrayed for coming forward. its an excellent point. t...

Divided about what to do about sexual harassment and misconduct allegation, democrats seem like they dont know what to do, period. today one of the democratic partys most powerful members, congressman john conyers of michigan confirmed that he secretly settled a sexual harassment claim with one of his staffers in 2015. conyers is the top democrat on the judiciary committee. hes also the longest serving member currently in the house. the $27,000 settlement first reported by buzz feed was paid usi...

Fault. it should be noted that nbc news has not seen or verified any of these doubts. nbc news capitol hill correspondent kacie hunt is in washington. covering this story. i understand we just got a comment from conyers on the ap story as well as the one in buzz feed. what is the congressman saying? >> well, craig, i think that the most important piece of this statement here is that he does acknowledge that there was a settlement around sexual harassment allegations. im going to read you his who...