Comments by Rep. Jim Clyburn on sexual harassment draw conservative ire

Conservatives quickly criticized U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn this week for statements the Columbia Democrat made in response to sexual harassment charges against a fellow Democratic congressman.

U.S. Rep. John Conyers, a Michigan Democrat and the longest serving member of the U.S. House, is currently being investigated by the U.S. House Ethics Committee after BuzzFeed News first reported the 88-year-old representative settled a wrongful termination complaint in 2015 by a staffer who accused him of sexual harassment.

Clyburn, the third longest-serving Democrat in the House of Representatives, told The New York Times Tuesday he was unsure whether the claims against Conyers “have any real substance.”

“You can’t jump to conclusions with these type of things,” Clyburn told The Times. “For all I know, all of this could be made up.”

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