It is even worse than previously described.
"Former lawmaker accused of sexually harassing employees
WASHINGTON — Just three months after Eric Massa was elected to Congress, his male employees on Capitol Hill began complaining to supervisors that the lawmaker was making aggressive, sexual overtures toward them, according to new interviews and internal documents.
The senior staff, one of whom said he heard Massa making lewd remarks to young staff members, tried to manage the problem internally. But reports of Massa’s inappropriate behavior continued, leaving junior workers feeling helpless, according to victims, other staff members, and sources close to an ongoing House ethics investigation. Most asked not to be named because of the ethics investigation and the risk of hurting their job prospects.
This account, drawn from more than two dozen interviews and internal documents, shows that aides were accusing the 50-year-old married lawmaker of far more egregious behavior than previously known. Beginning in March 2009 and over the next several months, male staff members complained that their boss had touched them in a sexual manner, came up with reasons to have staff members travel alone with him on overnight trips, and expressed a desire to have sex with the men in the office.
But it wasn’t until after a year of staff complaints — when allegations about Massa’s behavior threatened to become a public embarrassment — that supervisors alerted congressional leaders to the problem....
I thought the DemocraPs were going to clean up the House from all those filthy Repuglicans like Foley.
Staff in the Washington office felt they had nowhere to turn, said Debra Katz, lawyer for one staff member who alleges he was harassed by Massa and has initiated a sexual harassment complaint against him, said. For months, according to numerous accounts, Massa’s aides tolerated a frat house environment full of sex talk and lewd behavior....
Not only are they liars down there, they are also a band of perverts.
