Kansas lawmakers to give colleague accused of abusing women an informal warning, mentor Jonathan Shorman and Katie Bernard, The Kansas City Star
Jan. 23 TOPEKA A Kansas lawmaker accused of abusive behavior toward women will receive an informal letter of warning, after a bipartisan House panel voted Friday to dismiss a complaint filed against him.
The letter to Wyandotte Rep. Aaron Coleman is a mild rebuke compared to other options available to the committee, which included asking the full House to remove him.
Coleman, 20, who ran as a Democrat but has left the party, will remain in the House and won t be expelled or even formally reprimanded after Democrats alleged a pattern of inappropriate behavior began as a teenager and continued into the past year.