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About this until receiving buzz feed's 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 he's not allowed to. part of the conyers went on to say -- >> i also spoke to barbara comstock. she says she's working to freeze future taxpayer payments for sexual harassment settlements. shep? >> shepard: thanks, peter. president trump on the phone with vladimir putin for more than an hour according to the white house. and it comes after the russian lead...

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 former staffer says it was part of her job "to keep a list of women that i assumed he was having affairs...

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. it's an excellent point. to lodge a complaint, you should not be sworn off like this. speaker ryan issuing a statement about ...

Divided about what to do about sexual harassment and misconduct allegation, democrats seem like they don't know what to do, period. today one of the democratic party's 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. he's also the longest serving member currently in the house. the $27,000 settlement first reported by buzz feed was paid using taxpayer money. the pro trump conservative activist mike certaino vich who -- the false pizzag...

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. i'm going to read you his whole statement here. there is a statement first about the associated press report. they knocked on hi...