tour in the Middle East. A hugely gifted communicator with. Senator Al Franken to resign over sexual harassment scandal, says Democratic official. Even if he admits to the latest groping charge, however, don’t expect him to face any criminal repercussions for it. Al Franken (D-Minn. Hours earlier, Leeann Tweeden wrote an online post describing how Franken, while they were on a USO tour in the Middle East to entertain U. The 2006 trip was her ninth time participating in a USO Tour since the Sept. Immediately after the first allegation came out (leveled by Lee Ann Tweeden), he posted a response to Facebook that got a lot of blowback, so he posted a revised statement a few hours later. She claimed Franken, now Minnesota's junior Demo senator, groped her while she was sleeping ashore a military plane the her way home from a USO tour in 2006. Ratings: +134,552 / 3,037 / -1,245. The first woman to come forward with allegations of impropriety against Franken was Tweeden, a female radio host. Broadcaster and model Leeann Tweeden said Thursday that Al Franken “forcibly kissed” and groped her during a USO tour in 2006, two years before the Minnesota Democrat’s election to the U. Shortly after Leeann Tweeden went public with allegations that Al Franken had groped her during a USO tour through the Middle East in 2006, the Minnesota Democrat released a. Twitter/@CNN. 7, 2017. She reciprocated. 1. employees signed a statement in support of him. Al Franken accused of sexual abuse in 2006 by news anchor Leeann Tweeden. It is the first allegation of improper. Tweeden was. Leeann Tweeden described her encounter with Al Franken during a USO tour in 2006. A second woman, Lindsay Menz, alleged on Monday that Franken grabbed her buttocks during a photo op at the Minnesota State Fair in 2010. ” Listen to radio. You can opt-out at any time. A Twitter account linked to the on-again, off-again Trump adviser posted a quote from Stone in the early hours Thursday morning that read: “Roger Stone says it’s Al Franken’s `time in the barrel’. "I don't know what was in my head when I took that picture and it doesn't matter. Al Franken Accused of Forcibly Kissing, Groping Former Model During USO Tour in 2006 . Franken, who was not a senator at the time, issued an apology statement. Leeann Tweeden nicknamed Al Franken “Fish Lips” after he forcibly mashed his “wet and slimy” smackers. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn. tour of the Middle East when he was a well. No. Anchorwoman and sportscaster Leeann Tweeden said Thursday that comedian Al Franken kissed and groped her without her consent during a USO tour in December 2006. By Leeann Tweeden In December of 2006, I embarked on my ninth USO Tour to entertain our troops, my eighth to the Middle East since the 9/11 attacks. Leeann Tweeden. Leeann Tweeden also accused Franken of posing for a photo with his hands on her breasts as she slept, while both were performing for military personnel two years before the one-time comedian was. November 16, 2017 | 3:26pm. On Franken’s resignation, Pam Key. Stone told author and New Yorker reporter Jane Mayer that a Fox broadcasting executive, a friend of Tweeden had advised him of the story. Franken apologized for the Tweeden incident but has yet to respond to Menz’s allegations. S. Al Franken inappropriately touched her in 2010, telling CNN that he grabbed her buttocks while taking a photo at the Minnesota State Fair. Franken said the allegations against him either were not true or he remembered the situations differently than his accusers. The justice’s remarks came one day after broadcaster Leeann Tweeden publicly accused Franken of forcibly kissing her during a USO tour in 2006 and groping her breasts while she was sleeping on a. A female radio host claims Sen. Watch the Full Episode. Unlike Harvey Weinstein allegations, the story wasn't vetted: Tweeden's story jumped from the web page of low-rated talk news station to big news organization’s front pages without close. She was the woman who claimed that Franken forcibly kissed her during a rehearsal during a USO Tour and released the picture of Franken miming grabbing her. The allegations: Tweeden, a radio host, wrote in an essay published on the website for KABC radio in Los Angeles that Franken groped. Tweeden wrote that after she returned from the overseas trip she discovered a picture of the senator groping her as she slept. A US senator is poised to resign amid growing allegations about sexual misconduct, an official has said. Leeann Tweeden, who has said that Minnesota Democratic Sen. On Thursday, journalist Leeann Tweeden accused Senator Al Franken of groping and kissing her without consent during a 2006 USO trip to the Middle East. Leeann. EDT. Al Franken (all times local):. The allegations that Sen. On November 16, radio news anchor Leeann Tweeden came forward with her own story of sexual assault. Sen. Franken "inappropriately touched" her in 2010. Al Franken of groping her breast during a 2003 USO tour in Kuwait, the fifth woman to come forward with accusations against the Minnesota Democrat in the last two. Leeann Tweeden is now a morning news anchor on TalkRadio 790 KABC. Sen. ”. Crisis Management in D. “@Wh1skeeW4rrior @alfranken @Hoosiers1986 @MEL2AUSA @TrumpsBlonde @G1rlyTattooed @IncognitoPatrio @alozrasT @ImJustAMel @ArizonaKayte @NIVIsa4031 @wattsjim Are you accusing our military of allowing her to be sexually assaulted, while being assigned to protect her? That's some big accusations. Al Franken says he knows he "let a lot of people down" — the people of Minnesota, colleagues and staff — in the face of sexually inappropriate behavior. Comic Tom Arnold accused one of the woman who claimed Sen. ”. Seriously Mischaracterized the Story of One of Al Franken's Accusers. ET, Nov. The accusations came to light after a radio host in California, Leeann Tweeden, wrote an article about how Mr Franken had made unwanted sexual advances during a 2006 military tour to entertain US. Al Franken has apologized for his conduct toward Leeann Tweeden 11 years ago. Al Franken stands in front of journalists outside his office in 2017, commenting on sexual harassment allegations made against him. CNN: Radio news anchor Leeann Tweeden speaks with CNN's Jake Tapper after accusing Sen. In an emotional interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Los Angeles morning radio host Leeann Tweeden said Franken’s initial apology Thursday morning sounded as if it had been issued “hastily. It turns out the skit ended with a coda in which Franken, playing a doctor, offers Tweeden. Trump has faced allegations of sexual misconduct. The women’s accounts bring the number of accusers against the. The allegations: Tweeden, a radio host, wrote in an essay published on the website for KABC radio in Los Angeles that Franken groped her and kissed her. Opinion. In mid-November, Leeann Tweeden, an actress and radio broadcaster, said Mr. Mayer’s fact-checking does poke plenty of holes in the story told by conservative radio host Leeann Tweeden, whose breasts Franken can be seen pretending to grope (or possibly actually groping. Gary Cameron / Reuters. And while Franken. (AP) — The Latest on sexual harassment allegations against Minnesota Sen. most of the allegations of sexual. , of forcibly kissing and groping her a decade ago when they were overseas entertaining U. "She was wearing a flak jacket. Last week, Los Angeles TV and radio host Leann Tweeden accused Franken of forcibly kissing her during a 2006 USO tour. Tweeden says that though she was only supposed to present and act as a master of ceremonies for the show. Dec. O. 7 broke the. People make mistakes and of course he knew he. On December 6th, Politico posted the story of the anonymous congressional staffer, under the headline “Another Woman Says Franken Tried to Forcibly Kiss Her. In this image provided by the U. Senator Al Franken announced Thursday he would be resigning amid mounting pressure from his Democratic colleagues, who said the multiple sexual misconduct allegations against the. Tweeden accuses him of forcibly kissing her and of posing for a photo with. troops, "put his hand on the back of my head, mashed. ” Tweeden said she was inspired by Rep. PAUL, Minn. Leeann Tweeden, a morning news anchor for a Los Angeles radio station, claimed in an article for 790 KABC that Mr Franken kissed her and groped her without her consent during a tour through the. Trump has not apologized for anything. ) forcibly groped and kissed her while they were on a USO tour together in 2006, before he. What Leeann Tweeden did say was that the photograph Senator Al Franken staged twelve years earlier with him pretending to, or. Sen. On Thursday, the morning news anchor went public about a 2006 incident. Getty Images. A radio news anchor on Thursday accused Sen. November 17, 2017 11:46am. 11 attacks five years earlier, she wrote. She is a passionate supporter of the. Al Franken (D-Minn. The flood of calls came just one day after Rep. Al Franken personally apologized to the woman who has accused him of forcibly kissing her and. Al Franken forced her to kiss him several years ago when they were both in Afghanistan. The two were set to appear in a sketch for a USO show for military members overseas at the time. Sean Dong. 0:00 25:21. “I felt violated,” Tweeden wrote of the experience. On. The growing list of powerful men accused of sexual misconduct now includes a sitting U. Accused of sexual misconduct in a private moment and caught by a photographer at least posing for another sexual assault in another, Franken has chosen to admit to the latter and deny the former. Leeann Tweeden is an American radio broadcaster,. Several women. Al Franken (D-Minn. Even if some of the allegations are true, at the very least the Tweeden stuff needs to be dug into. Leeann Tweeden, the woman who spoke out Thursday to accuse Al Franken of kissing and groping her in 2006 without her consent, said Friday. Sen. Reading "Operation Chickenhawk", a chapter from his book Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations (1996) Alan Stuart Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American politician, comedian, writer, actor, and media personality who served as a United States senator from Minnesota from 2009 to 2018. The fate of Al Franken’s political career, if it has not already been sealed, may depend on whether other women. The woman who accused Sen. N. Leeann Tweeden. ) of sexual misconduct said Thursday she accepts his apology. L eeann Tweeden said Sen. She accused him of aggressively kissing her and sticking his tongue in her mouth during a rehearsal for a skit meant to be performed for military service members. Feb 25, 2015. I was crushed when I first saw the Leann Tweeden allegations about Al Franken. Leeann Tweeden's post that Franken kissed her against her will – and photograph of him groping her while she was sleeping on a cargo plane in a flak jacket during a Middle East trip to entertain. , forcibly kissed her and later groped her as she slept during a USO trip in 2006. “Leeann belongs to a military family as her father himself is a retired Air Force Chief Mechanic who worked in B-57s,” reports FrostSnow. Mayer’s fact-checking does poke plenty of holes in the story told by conservative radio host Leeann Tweeden, whose breasts Franken can be seen pretending to grope (or possibly actually groping. in News. Feb 25, 2015. ET. During the height of the #MeToo movement in 2017, a woman named Leeann Tweeden accused Al Franken of sexually harassing her during his comedian days and produced a photo of him pretending to grope. Al Franken, the former Democratic senator from Minnesota, should never have been pressured, even bullied, into resigning from office. Franken has apologized to his accuser, broadcaster Leeann Tweeden, and said he would cooperate with an investigation. The accuser said that, in 2006, she had accompanied the senator she used to work for to a taping of Franken’s Air America show. On Thursday, Los Angeles radio show host Leeann Tweeden accused Senator Al Franken of kissing and groping her during a 2006 USO tour through the Middle East. An Army veteran says Sen. November 17, 2017 08:47 AM. Army, then-comedian Al Franken and sports commentator Leeann Tweeden perform a comic skit for service members during the USO Sergeant Major of the Army's 2006. Democratic Senator Al Franken has been accused of sexual assault as the national discussion about sexual harassment moves to the US capitol. Al Franken, Disappointment. Army, then-comedian Al Franken and sports commentator Leeann Tweeden perform a comic skit at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. ) is the latest powerful man to be accused of sexual assault, after Los Angeles radio show host Leeann Tweeden accused Franken of. She's found that the story told by Franken's chief accuser, Leeann Tweeden, is full of holes. Leeann Tweeden, a Los Angeles-based news anchor, came forward with the original allegations in an op-ed published by KABC radio on Thursday that detailed an encounter with Franken during a tour of. Nov 16, 2017, 10:53 AM EST | Updated Nov 19, 2017. Franken’s accuser made ‘Fish Lips’ diss after kiss. In the article, Dupuy detailed her reaction to hearing Franken's first accuser, radio host Leeann Tweeden, joining the #MeToo movement and describing her experience in November. The photo is clear: Sen. Leeann Tweeden also accused Franken of posing for a photo with his hands on her breasts as she slept, while both were performing for military personnel two years before the one. Saturday Night Live briefly criticizes Sen. (NEW YORK) -- Los Angeles radio host Leeann Tweeden said she came forward with her allegations that Sen. Leeann Tweeden on Good Morning America . John Conyers, a Michigan Democrat who has also been accused of sexual misconduct, announced he was resigning following calls from. By Michelle Goldberg. Tweeden accused Franken of writing a kiss. Al Franken, on the other hand: Forced himself on her and kissed her without consent. I wandered around for an entire weekend questioning myself why I had such an immediate knee jerk reaction that this. Washington – Minnesota Sen. Leeann Tweeden, a radio news. . On Thursday, broadcaster Leeann Tweeden wrote an essay in which she alleged that Sen. On November 16th, Leeann Tweeden accused Senator Al Franken of kissing and groping her without her consent. She claimed Franken, now Minnesota's junior Democratic senator, groped her while she was sleeping aboard a military plane on her way home from a USO tour in 2006. S. Franken. There's more I want to. | A Los Angeles radio news anchor accused Sen. Al Franken apologizes after radio anchor says he forcibly kissed her, took lewd photo. Al Franken grabbing a woman’s breasts as she slept, a second woman has come forward with allegations the Minnesota Democrat inappropriately touched her in 2010. On November 16th, Leeann Tweeden accused Senator Al Franken of kissing and groping her without her consent. 46. Tweeden accuses Franken of forcibly kissing her and of posing for a photo with his hands on her breasts as she slept. Franken first gained fame as a writer and performer on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where he worked for three stints. Who is Al Franken accuser Leeann Tweeden? Sen. First published on Thu 7 Dec 2017 11. Leeann Tweeden, a Los Angeles-based news anchor, came forward with the allegations in an op-ed published by KABC radio on Thursday that detailed an encounter with Franken during a tour of the. 3742.