Sentences with phrase «franken while»

Just 27 percent had a favorable opinion of Franken while 34 percent had an unfavorable opinion.

Politico reported Wednesday that a former Democratic congressional aide claimed she was forcibly kissed by Franken while he was still a radio host.

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And he provided a bit of levity during the hearing for former Gov. Rick Perry of Texas last month when Trump's nominee for energy secretary made an accidental euphemism while discussing his private meeting with Franken.

Tweeden alleged that Franken forcibly kissed her and she released a photograph of Franken reaching for her breasts while she was asleep.

Franken groped her breasts while she was asleep during the 36 - hour trip back to Los Angeles — an incident captured in a photograph that Tweeden didn't see until she was back in the US.

While not entirely uncommon for senators to deny a blue slip — several of President Barack Obama's judicial nominees met the same fate — Franken's move was just the first of three refusals from Democratic senators this week.

Los Angeles TV broadcaster Leeann Tweeden alleged in a 790 KABC column that Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota kissed and groped her without her consent in 2006, while she was part of a United Service Organizations tour to entertain military service members abroad.

Franken also took on Representative Tom Price, Trump's nominee for the Department of Health and Human Services, for owning shares in tobacco companies while voting to do their bidding in Congress and for getting a «sweetheart deal» on biotech stock.

A 33 - year - old woman named Lindsay Menz has come forward, telling CNN that Sen. Al Franken groped her while taking a photo in 2010.

«While Senator Franken is entitled to have the Ethics Committee conclude its review, I believe it would be better for our country if he sent a clear message that any kind of mistreatment of women in our society isn't acceptable by stepping aside to let someone else serve,» Gillibrand wrote in a Facebook post.

Franken already faced a Senate ethics investigation over Tweeden's allegation, but the Menz allegation is potentially more damaging for Franken because it would be behavior that occurred while he was in office.

A photograph also emerged of Franken touching the woman's breasts while she slept on a plane.

Fifty percent of American voters think Sen. Al Franken should resign over allegations of sexual misconduct against him, while 46 percent said he should be expelled from the Senate, according to a new poll.

«I of all people am aware that there is some irony in the fact that I am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the Oval Office, and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the Senate with the full support of his party,» Franken said during his resignation speech.

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN)- While the official hand recount in Minnesota's tight U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken has ended, a stack of about 1,500 challenged ballots means the announcement of a winner is still at least a few days away.

Gillibrand said it's up to Franken whether to resign, while quickly adding it was «outrageous» that there is no investigation of Trump despite more than a dozen sexual harassment allegations.

Franken was also photographed holding the woman's breasts while she slept on a plane.

«Her craven act can never erase the fact that for years she chose to promote, protect and defend the Clintons who are guilty of the same offenses and cover - ups against women she only now conveniently seeks to denounce, while still stopping short of calling on her close friend, Al Franken to resign.

Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota — a comedian - turned - politician — traveled to Cleveland to deliver a few jabs to the Donald Trump - Mike Pence ticket, while another Democratic senator, Cory Booker of New Jersey, made the case for fighting with love.

«While Sen. Franken is entitled to have the Ethics Committee conclude its review, I believe it would be better for our country if he sent a clear message that any kind of mistreatment of women in our society isn't acceptable by stepping aside to let someone else serve,» Gillibrand said in a Facebook post.

Said Franken: «I am well aware... there is irony that I am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about assaulting women is in the Oval Off... Read

Even when, in her enduringly funny and potent role as Che's irrepressibly messed up neighbor (and new wife, apparently) Cathy Anne, Cecily Strong points out — as Franken did in his resignation speech — it's pretty ironic that Franken has confessed to acting like a jerk and lost his job while the still - in - office Donald Trump is currently stumping for Roy Moore.

Yesterday it was revealed that Senator Al Franken, who used to be a writer and performer on Saturday Night Live, kissed and groped radio news anchor Leeann Tweeden while she was sleeping during an overseas USO tour in 2006.

«While we didn't go into math and science careers, I felt that there's actually a lot in my career that has to do with logic, like writing a joke,» Franken said.

WASHINGTON — While developing his positions on education policy, Sen. Al Franken (D - Minn.)

«There's no international governance body, no national governance body,» Talati says, while hovering thousands of feet in the air with pilot Ali Nouri, previously a legislative director for former Minnesota Democrat Sen. Al Franken.

Soon after Apple unveiled the iPhone X in September, U.S. Senator Al Franken sent the Cupertino company a letter containing several questions surrounding security and privacy while using Face ID.