Early Thursday, Republican Congressman Blake Farenthold became the third Federal legislator to resign over allegations of sexual harassment and inter-office impropriety.
The news comes amid word that a second Farenthold aide has approached the House Ethics Committee to complain about Farenthold’s behavior, alleging that the GOP Rep made his working life so difficult he had to seek psychological counseling.
CNN reports that Farenthold’s communications director Michael Rekola told leadership that the Congressman frequently made “sexually graphic jokes” and “berated aides,” “bullying that Rekola says led him to seek medical treatment and psychological counseling, and at one point, caused him to vomit daily.”
Rekola also alleges the Congressman made off-color jokes about Rekola’s wedding and his bride-to-be.