House Republican leaders are privately working to convince Rep. Chuck Edwards to abandon his re-election bid for a competitive North Carolina seat after an ethics report dropped against the congressman.
Background
The ethics panel released a monthslong investigation that found substantial evidence the congressman repeatedly made unwanted advances toward two female staffers. The panel took the rare step of recommending that the full House vote to punish Edwards.
Edwards denied that his behavior was intended as a sexual or romantic advance, according to the committee’s report, which also said it found no evidence that Edwards engaged in sexual activity with the women.
House members are in their home districts for August recess. The earliest a vote would take place would be in September, but GOP leaders believe it will succeed and would further damage his re-election prospects.
Original reporting: El Paso News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
