Democrat Alcee Hastings Left Taxpayers With An Expensive Sexual Harassment Tab
Alcee Hastings
Democrat Rep. Alcee Hastings (Florida)  is the next up at bat  in the great purging of sexual harassers.
 Hastings  was accused of sexually harassing a female staffer and a healthy sum of $220 000 was paid out  in settlement.
The former staffer  Winsome Packer  worked for the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe  also known as the Helsinki Commission  and accused  Hastings  of “unwelcome touching” and “unwelcome sexual advances” in a lawsuit filed against  him   according to Roll Call. Packer also alleged  Hastings  threatened to fire  her  for objecting to  his  behavior.
According to  Packer  Hastings  would ask to stay at  her  apartment  or to come back to  her  hotel room.  He  would hug  her  often   she  claimed  and at least on one occasion   he  asked what kind of underwear  she  had on.
Packer  a former Republican staffer on Capitol Hill  filed a complaint with the Office of Compliance in 2010. Judicial Watch  a conservative watchdog group  filed a lawsuit against  Hastings  and the Helsinki Commission on behalf of Packer in 2011. In 2012   Hastings  was dropped from the lawsuit after arguing the federal statute Packer sued under didn’t apply to lawmakers.
 Hastings   of course  has denied the allegations  called them “ludicrous ” and claims to have no knowledge of the settlement.
[TGT]is the next up at bat  in the great purging of sexual harassers.
 [TGT]was accused of sexually harassing a female staffer and a healthy sum of $220 000 was paid out  in settlement.
The former staffer  Winsome Packer  worked for the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe  also known as the Helsinki Commission  and accused  Hastings  of “unwelcome touching” and “unwelcome sexual advances” in a lawsuit filed against  [TGT]   according to Roll Call. Packer also alleged  [TGT]threatened to fire  her  for objecting to  [TGT]  behavior.
According to  Packer  [TGT]would ask to stay at  [TGT]  apartment  or to come back to  [TGT]  hotel room.  [TGT]  would hug  her  often   she  claimed  and at least on one occasion   [TGT]  asked what kind of underwear  she  had on.
Packer  a former Republican staffer on Capitol Hill  filed a complaint with the Office of Compliance in 2010. Judicial Watch  a conservative watchdog group  filed a lawsuit against  [TGT]and the Helsinki Commission on behalf of Packer in 2011. In 2012   [TGT]was dropped from the lawsuit after arguing the federal statute Packer sued under didn’t apply to lawmakers.
 [TGT]of course  has denied the allegations  called them “ludicrous ” and claims to have no knowledge of the settlement.