Rep. Blake Farenthold Vows to Repay $84k for Sex Harassment Claim, Says ‘I Didn’t Do Anything Wrong'

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Corpus Christi, vowed to repay taxpayers Monday for a 2014 sexual harassment allegation -- an $84,000 settlement stemming from a complaint from a former congressional aide.“I’m going to hand a check over this week to probably Speaker [Paul] Ryan or somebody to say, ‘Look, here's the amount of my settlement. Give it back to the taxpayers,’ ” Farenthold told KRIS-TV in Corpus Christi. "I didn't do anything wrong."  Continue reading...