{"id":133059,"date":"2017-11-16T16:30:13","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T22:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=133059"},"modified":"2017-11-17T08:33:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T14:33:37","slug":"franken-accused-of-sexual-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=133059","title":{"rendered":"Franken accused of sexual misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FrankenAl2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-133100\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FrankenAl2-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FrankenAl2-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FrankenAl2-260x175.jpg 260w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FrankenAl2.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>WASHINGTON\u00a0 (AP)\u00a0 A Los Angeles radio host says Democratic Sen. Al Franken forcibly kissed her during a 2006 USO tour. The host says Franken posed for a photo with his hands on her breasts as she slept.<\/p>\n<p>Leeann Tweeden accuses Minnesota&#8217;s Franken in an essay on the website of California radio station KABC, where she anchors a morning talk show. Tweeden says Franken wrote a skit for the pair during a 2006 USO tour to the Middle East and insisted they practice a kiss during rehearsal.<\/p>\n<p>Tweeden says she tried to resist but says Franken forced himself on her and stuck his tongue in her mouth. A copy of the photo is posted with the article.<\/p>\n<p>Franken says he doesn&#8217;t remember a USO Tour skit &#8220;in the same way&#8221; as a fellow performer who alleges he kissed her against her will. He also says he shouldn&#8217;t have posed for a photo with his hands on her breasts as she slept.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Franken is calling for an ethics investigation into his own actions<\/p>\n<p>Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says sexual misconduct allegations against Minnesota Sen. Al Franken are &#8220;troubling&#8221; and he hopes and expects that the Senate Ethics Committee will fully investigate.<\/p>\n<p>The White House says the Senate is acting appropriately by reviewing complaints against Democratic Sen. Al Franken after allegation.<\/p>\n<p>The USO says a claim that Democratic Sen. Al Franken sexually harassed a fellow performer during a 2006 tour hadn&#8217;t been reported to the organization.<\/p>\n<p>The USO, or United Service Organization, has long organized entertainment tours to serve military members overseas. Before he was elected a senator from Minnesota, Franken participated in four tours to four countries from 2003 to 2006.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON\u00a0 (AP)\u00a0 A Los Angeles radio host says Democratic Sen. Al Franken forcibly kissed her during a 2006 USO tour. The host says Franken posed for a photo with his hands on her breasts as she slept. Leeann Tweeden accuses Minnesota&#8217;s Franken in an essay on the website of California [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":133099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133059"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133101,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133059\/revisions\/133101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/133099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}