Washington (CNN) GOP Rep. Blake Farenthold settled a sexual harassment complaint brought by an aide with taxpayer money in 2014, according a new report published Friday -- making him the first lawmaker known publicly to have used a fund to pay a sexual harassment settlement. The Office of Compliance, in response to a letter fromHouse Administration Chair Gregg Harper, R-Mississippi, disclosed information about settlement money paid out since 2013, revealing that one sexual harassment settlement had been paid out since 2013 for $84,000. The former staffer to Farenthold claimed in the lawsuit that another staffer had told her Farenthold had "sexual fantasies" and "wet dreams" about her. Harper told members that his panel had discovered one case so far since 2013 involving sexual harassment settled by the Office of Compliance with taxpayer funds. A separate Republican source at the meeting told CNN, "No lawmaker's names were given today at conference regarding the one sexual harassment settlement mentioned.

Source: CNN December 01, 2017 22:18 UTC