A lawyer for Rep. John Conyers said Friday that he will meet with the Congressman to discuss his possible resignation.
A lawyer for Rep. John Conyers said Friday that he will meet with the Congressman in the coming days to discuss his possible resignation, backing away from more staunch rhetoric that the Congressman would not step down from his post.
“At this particular junction, we are going to talk about what his future is. There has been nothing set about whether he would resign, or step aside,” Conyers’ lawyer, Arnold Reed, said in a press conference Friday.
Reed said the congressman’s physical condition would also factor into the decision. He said it’s likely that stress related to the allegations against him is what landed him in the hospital.
Reed said he plans to speak to Conyers sometime over the weekend, and that Conyers will not bow to mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers for him to step down.
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“It will be Congressman John Conyers who will be the one to decide what it is he is going to do in terms of whether he is going to continue to represent the people. It is not going to be Washington,” Reed told reporters.
Reed insisted that the allegations against Conyers are false.
“He will continue to defend himself until the cows come home because unequivocally he is indicating he has not sexually harassed anyone,” Reed said.
Reed said Conyers will base his decision on “whether he can continue to do the work that he’s done for more than 50 years in Congress. I believe that he will do what is in the best interest of his constituents like he has always done.”
