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Obama Rejects Mozilla Demands for Him to Resign

Boxer adds to calls for Calif. lawmaker to resign

AAAMar. 27, 2014 5:09 PM ET
Boxer adds to calls for Calif. lawmaker to resign
By JULIET WILLIAMSBy JULIET WILLIAMS, Associated Press  

State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, right, D-Sacramento, is consoled by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, after Steinberg and fellow Democrats called for Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, to resign his seat in the wake of his arrest on federal corruption and firearm charges, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Steinberg said lawmakers will immediately suspend Yee unless he steps down. The announcement comes hours after Yee was arrested and appeared in federal court. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, right, D-Sacramento, is consoled by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, after Steinberg and fellow Democrats called for Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, to resign his seat in the wake of his arrest on federal corruption and firearm charges, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Steinberg said lawmakers will immediately suspend Yee unless he steps down. The announcement comes hours after Yee was arrested and appeared in federal court. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, talks to reporters after he called for Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, to resign his seat in the wake of his arrest on federal corruption and firearm charges, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Steinberg said lawmakers will immediately suspend Yee unless he steps down. The announcement comes hours after Yee was arrested and appeared in federal court.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, center, D-Sacramento, calls for Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, to resign his seat in the wake of his arrest on federal corruption and firearm charges, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Flanked by fellow Senate Democrats, including Sen. Kevin de Leon of Los Angeles, left, and Mark Leno, of San Francisco, Steinberg said lawmakers will immediately suspend Yee unless he steps down. The announcement comes hours after Yee was arrested and appeared in federal court. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, center, D-Sacramento, calls for Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, to resign his seat in the wake of his arrest on federal corruption and firearm charges, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Flanked by fellow Senate Democrats, including Sen. Kevin de Leon of Los Angeles, left, and Mark Leno, of San Francisco, Steinberg said lawmakers will immediately suspend Yee unless he steps down. The announcement comes hours after Yee was arrested and appeared in federal court. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, center, D-Sacramento, calls for Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, to resign his seat in the wake of his arrest on federal corruption and firearm charges, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Flanked by fellow Senate Democrats, including Sen. Kevin de Leon of Los Angeles, left, and Mark Leno, of San Francisco, Steinberg said lawmakers will immediately suspend Yee unless he steps down. The announcement comes hours after Yee was arrested and appeared in federal court. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sen. Barbara Boxer is calling on a Democratic California state senator to resign from office following his arrest on public corruption and firearms charges.

Boxer on Thursday joined the Democratic leader of the Senate in demanding Yee to resign or face suspension by his colleagues. So far, Yee has only announced he is dropping out of the Secretary of State race.

Yee’s lawyer says the senator plans to plead not guilty to charges of accepting more than $ 42,000 to influence legislation and introduce an undercover FBI agent to an arms trafficker.

Yee’s spokesman and chief of staff did not return calls for comment.

Boxer said she supports the investigation, which sends a message that there is no place in public life for criminals who violate the public trust.

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Boxer adds to calls for Calif. lawmaker to resign

With Sleazy Democratic Mayor Finally Set to Resign, ABC and NBC Again Skip Party ID

Why should things change now? NBC and ABC on Thursday night and Friday morning yet again refused to identify San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, accused of sexually harassing 18 women, as a Democrat. ABC’s Good Morning America devoted two segments to his impending resignation, but mentioned only “Mayor Bob Filner.”

In contrast, GMA on Thursday hyped the controversy of the Lieutenant governor of Texas, a “rising Republican star,” caught on a 911 call after he attempted to free his niece from jail. On Friday, only CBS This Morning identified Filner as a Democrat. Reporter Bill Whitaker interviewed the ex-fiancee of “Democrat Bob Filner.” Whitaker explained, “They already shared a passion for progressive politics, the fight for the homeless, civil rights, immigrants.”

He included a clip of Bronwyn Ingram describing her past excitement: “To have a Democratic mayor in a city that’s constantly, you know, run by Republicans was very exciting to a lot of us and we had big plans.”

On Thursday night’s Evening News, correspondent Ben Tracy noted that “18 women have accused the Democrat mayor of sexual harassment.”

NBC’s Today on Friday and Nightly News on Thursday both avoided ideological labels.

On ABC’s Good Morning America, Ryan Owens described Filner in rough terms: “The circus may finally be leaving town. Mayor Bob Filner spotted loading boxes into an SUV outside city hall.”

But he still couldn’t manage to mention the D-word. Similarly, World News on Thursday skipped a partisan label.

Way back on July 27, an on-screen Good Morning America graphic identified Filner as a Democrat. But the word was not spoken aloud.

A partial transcript of the August 23 CBS This Morning segment, which aired at 7:32am ET, is below:

7:32

BILL WHITAKER: When Democrat Bob Filner was sworn in as mayor of San Diego, Bronwyn Ingram stood proudly by his side. As his fiancé, she had planned to share her life with him. They already shared a passion for progressive politics, the fight for the homeless, civil rights, immigrants.

BRONWYN INGRAM: To have a Democratic mayor in a city that’s constantly, you know, run by Republicans was very exciting to a lot of us and we had big plans.

FILNER: It’s going to be a time of change for San Diego.

WHITAKER: But now the plans are crumbling in the face of accusations by 18 women who claim they were sexually harassed by Filner. Did you ever see him behave inappropriately towards women any time you were with him?

INGRAM: No. I have not seen any of the behaviors that are being described by the accusers.

FILNER: Do you believe these women?

INGRAM: I would find it hard to believe they were all fabricating those stories.

– Scott Whitlock is the senior news analyst for the Media Research Center. Click here to follow him on Twitter.

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With Sleazy Democratic Mayor Finally Set to Resign, ABC and NBC Again Skip Party ID

San Diego mayor to resign over sexual harassment: reports

San Diego mayor Bob Filner speaks at a news conference in San Diego, California July 26, 2013.

Credit: Reuters/Fred Greaves

By Steve Gorman and Dana Feldman

LOS ANGELES | Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:15pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – San Diego Mayor Bob Filner will resign as part of a deal he reached with municipal officials over a sexual harassment lawsuit brought against him and the city by a former aide, the Los Angeles Times and other media reported on Thursday.

But a high-profile attorney representing the plaintiff in the case said her client was not a party to the deal and that she opposed reported terms of a settlement calling for Filner to leave office in exchange for city assistance with his legal expenses.

“It is not appropriate for the city of San Diego to provide a gift of public funds to a sexual harasser to help him fight the victim of the lawsuit we filed,” attorney Gloria Allred told a news conference in Los Angeles

“While we strongly support the mayor’s resignation, we would hope that whatever resolution has been reached between the city and the mayor does not include the payment of any of the mayor’s legal fees,” she said.

Filner, who has kept a low profile in recent weeks, has come under mounting pressure to resign as mayor of California’s second-largest city amid a hail of sexual harassment allegations. He had for weeks resisted calls to step aside, while saying he would begin behavioral counseling.

The 70-year-old U.S. congressman was elected in November as San Diego’s first Democratic mayor in two decades. If he resigns, a special election for a successor would be held within 90 days.

City Attorney Jan Goldsmith announced a deal late on Wednesday but said the terms were being kept under wraps until after it had been presented in closed session to the City Council on Friday.

The proposed settlement capped three days of talks that variously included the city, Filner’s lawyers and Allred, who represents the mayor’s former press secretary, Irene McCormack Jackson, in her harassment lawsuit.

Allred said she was physically present during the first day of negotiations, mediated by a retired federal judge, but was absent on Tuesday and Wednesday. She said that mediation between her client and Filner’s lawyers was “ongoing.”

BARGAINING CHIP

Filner’s removal was widely reported to have been on the table as part of a potential resolution in the settlement talks, with the mayor using the prospect of resignation as a bargaining chip to obtain city help in covering his legal costs.

The city last month filed its own suit against Filner seeking to recover any damages it might incur in Jackson’s case. The City Council also voted to deny a request from the mayor’s private lawyers to pick up any of his attorney fees.

The Los Angeles Times, citing unnamed sources familiar with the talks, reported on Thursday that Filner would step down as part of the settlement in return for the city paying some, if not all, of his share of any damages awarded in the suit. The local NBC television affiliate carried a similar report.

When asked Wednesday night whether the deal would require Filner to resign, a source close to an individual involved in the talks told Reuters, “I think it’s fair to say that looks like it’s in the cards.”

The mayor’s lawyers said on Thursday in a statement that a “tentative agreement” had been reached in the mediation but declined to disclose the terms.

The Times reported that the mayor was seen Wednesday night loading boxes into a sport utility vehicle after bidding farewell to his staff and cleaning out his office.

A 43-second video posted to YouTube on Wednesday night shows Filner climbing into the passenger seat of his SUV outside City Hall, with several cardboard boxes visible as a member of his security detail gets in the back seat. The video was attributed to a staffer for City Councilman Scott Sherman.

Since Jackson filed her suit last month, 17 more women have come forward to accuse Filner of groping, forced kisses or making other unwanted advances.

Among them were a retired U.S. Navy admiral, a college dean, a licensed vocational nurse, several business women and two military veterans who said he harassed them at a meeting for women who had been raped while serving in the armed forces.

Nearly every elected official in San Diego from both parties has urged him to step down, including all nine members of City Council. The mayor has apologized for what he acknowledged was a pattern of disrespectful and intimidating behavior toward women.

On August 5, he entered behavior-modification therapy at an undisclosed clinic. His lawyers said he left the clinic after several days but was taking additional time off last week before planning to return to work this week.

(Additional reporting by Marty Graham in San Diego; Editing by Cynthia Johnston, Steve Orlofsky and Lisa Shumaker)

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