"There are to my count five of these allegations against Al Franken,” Reed said at a Thursday news conference. I am going to be accountable.”But late Thursday, the Senate Ethics Committee announced it would begin an investigation into the Franken allegations. “The Committee is aware of the recent allegations against Senator Al Franken, as well as the calls for an ethics investigation,” the committee said in a statement. “I think it’s time for Senator Franken to go,” Crowley said in an interview. Prior to these allegations, Franken painted himself as a champion of women, speaking out against sexual harassment allegations before Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and others.

Source: Fox News December 01, 2017 22:07 UTC