The Florida senator\u2019s chief of staff, Clint Reed, engaged in «improper conduct» with a subordinate.<\/b>
\nSenator Marco Rubio (R-FL) fired his chief of staff on Saturday evening over allegations of \u201cimproper conduct\u201d with a subordinate. The Florida senator said in a statement released on Saturday that on Friday he was made aware of allegations that his chief of staff, Clint Reed, had violated office policies regarding proper relations between supervisors and their subordinates, including \u201cthreats to withhold employment benefits.\u201d Rubio said he had \u201csufficient evidence\u201d to conclude that the allegations should lead to Reed\u2019s termination.
\u201cWe have taken steps to ensure that those impacted by this conduct have access to any services they may require now or in the future,\u201d Rubio said. \u201cPursuant to the wishes of those victimized by this conduct, we will not be disclosing any further details about the incidents which occurred.\u201d
Reed, an Arkansas native, became Rubio\u2019s chief of staff in January 2017 after managing the senator\u2019s 2016 US Senate campaign, according to the Miami Herald. He also worked on Rubio\u2019s 2016 presidential campaign as a senior adviser and Iowa state director and previously had positions with the Republican National Committee and the Arkansas Republican Party. Per Politico, Jessica Fernandez, Rubio\u2019s deputy chief of staff, will act as interim chief of staff following Reed\u2019s departure.
News of Rubio\u2019s chief of staff ouster lands as Republicans try to figure out how to deal with a bombshell report from the Wall Street Journal detailing multiple allegations against Steve Wynn. The Las Vegas casino mogul and Republican National Committee finance chairman was accused of decades of sexual misconduct with his employees, including coercing a manicurist to have intercourse with him in 2005.
Republicans have been slow to react to the news. The RNC on Saturday announced that Wynn had stepped down as finance chairman \u2014 but thus far, little has been said about what they plan to do with the millions of dollars he\u2019s donated to the party or other plans to sever ties. (It\u2019s worth noting that Republicans were quick to jump on Democrats over their ties to producer Harvey Weinstein after allegations of misconduct surfaced about him.)
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told ABC\u2019s Martha Raddatz on This Week on Sunday that RNC chair Ronna McDaniel should get \u201c a day or two\u201d to figure it out on Wynn. \u201cBut, you know, we should do of ourselves what we ask of the Democratic Party, if these allegations have merit,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I don\u2019t think we should have a double standard for ourselves.\u201d We\u2019re now well into day two.<\/p>\n

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