The House Ethics Committee recommended censuring Rep. Chuck Edwards on Monday, citing his alleged inappropriate relationships with staffers.
“The Committee concluded there was substantial reason to believe Representative Edwards violated House Rules related to sexual harassment and hostile workplaces,” the committee wrote in a press release about the North Carolina Republican.
The committee’s report found that Edwards “engaged in persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct towards two young female staffers.” Edwards, 65, who has been married since 1980,has denied that the alleged conduct “was intended as a sexual or romantic advance.”