John R. Houk, Editor
November 17, 2017
Earlier I discovered Leeann Tweeden was sexually harassed by
Senator Al Franken in the old boy’s creepy entertainment days. Now
I am discovering Uncle Al also harassed Melanie Morgan once involved with Move America Forward (Pro-Troop support) but now with Media
Equalizer (co-founder).
Here is a look at some stories that begin with Tweeden’s
allegations, then has some Majority Leader McConnell calling for a Franken
ethics investigation which includes Morgan’s experience with Uncle Al.
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Posted by KABC RADIO
Published on Nov 16, 2017
Leeann Tweeden shares her story on McIntyre in the Morning
"Senator Al Franken kissed and groped me without my
consent, and there's nothing funny about it"
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Melanie Morgan: After TV appearance, Al Franken harassed
me too
November 16th, 2017, 14:06 EST
Exclusive to the Media Equalizer
With additional reporting from Martin Walsh
Immediately raising questions about double-standards in the
media and on Capitol Hill, a Los Angeles radio news anchor today accused
Senator Al Franken (D-MN) of sexually assaulting her.
Now, Media Equalizer Co-Founder Melanie Morgan has come
forward as well, recounting her own experience with the onetime comedian,
liberal radio host and activist. Morgan’s disturbing encounter was sparked by
daring to disagree with Franken during an August, 2000 edition of ABC’s
Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher.
Earlier, a bombshell report published by KABC on-air
personality Leeann Tweeden accused Franken of kissing and groping her without
her consent while she was asleep.
Shockingly, Tweeden even provided a photo as evidence, which
shows Franken with his hands on her breasts while he smiles for the camera.
KABC anchor: Senator Al Franken Kissed and Groped Me Without My Consent, And There’s Nothing Funny About It https://t.co/lG4A1ZTUhC pic.twitter.com/EYIzr9ok2s— Meridith McGraw (@meridithmcgraw) November 16, 2017
Tweeden said the sexual assault occurred in December 2006,
when they were both on a USO Tour to support and entertain U.S. soldiers.
“It wasn’t until I was back in the U.S. and looking through
the CD of photos we were given by the photographer that I saw this
one,” Tweeden wrote about the photo on
in her KABC article.
“I felt violated all over again. Embarrassed. Belittled. Humiliated,” she wrote. “How dare anyone grab my breasts like this and think
it’s funny?”
Tweeden said Franken had written a skit in which he would
kiss Tweeden, where she said she “agreed to play along.”
“When I saw the script, Franken had written a moment when
his character comes at me for a ‘kiss’. I suspected what he was after, but I
figured I could turn my head at the last minute, or put my hand over his mouth,
to get more laughs from the crowd,” she wrote.
Tweeden wrote that Franken insisted that they rehearse the
kiss several times before the show, which she said made
her “uncomfortable.”
“He repeated that actors really need to rehearse everything
and that we must practice the kiss. I said ‘OK’ so he would stop badgering me.
We did the line leading up to the kiss and then he came at me, put his hand on
the back of my head, mashed his lips against mine and aggressively stuck his
tongue in my mouth,” she wrote.
“I immediately pushed him away with both of my hands against
his chest and told him if he ever did that to me again I wouldn’t be so nice
about it the next time,” she added.
According to Newsweek,
Franken has since released a statement saying he didn’t recall the incident.
“I certainly don’t remember the rehearsal for the skit in
the same way, but I send my sincerest apologies to Leeann. As to the photo, it
was clearly intended to be funny but wasn’t. I shouldn’t have done it,” he
said in a statement.
In response to the disturbing allegations made against
Franken, Media Equalizer and Media Equality Project Co-Founder Melanie Morgan
has come forward to recall her own frightening encounter, sparked by a
seemingly-mundane and even obscure topic of political disagreement.
Morgan, who was a ABC Radio talk show host for KSFO / San
Francisco at the time, appeared August 19, 2000 on ABC’s late
night show Politically Incorrect.
She was joined by Franken, William Baldwin, and
then-Colorado Lt. Governor Joe Rogers on the panel.
Morgan and Franken had a dispute over the OMB’s budget
numbers.
“I was invited and unaware of who his guests were going to
be that night,” Morgan said.
“I made a statement about the budget numbers, Franken
challenged me, I challenged him back. It was about spending priorities,
actually just a mundane discussion. But he obsessed over it.”
After the show, Morgan said Franken wouldn’t leave her
alone, insisting on continuing the argument.
“He approached me backstage, angrily called me out on those
numbers and insisted he would prove he was right. He wouldn’t leave me alone,
he kept following me. As a woman, his presence and proximity to me felt very
threatening and intimindating [sic].
“I didn’t realize his creepy behavior after the show meant
it would continue in the days to come.
“He approached Carol, the show’s producer and demanded my
home phone number, which was a clear violation of network protocol. I had
thought that was the end of the story and was shocked when he started calling
my home, badgering me repeatedly.
“I became fearful and called Carol to complain and asked her
to tell him to back off. But he made another call after that. I thought that he
might end up stalking me at my home in Northern California, it was that bad.
“By the third phone call I was outraged and terrified, as he
is really disturbed,” Morgan recounted.
Morgan said Franken finally left her alone, but only after
she pushed back and threatened “to call the police and make a report that he
was harassing me.”
To this day, she says she is haunted by it: “I never forgot
that experience and it informed me of his lack of character and obsessive
personality. I believe every word Leann wrote.”
With many calling on Republican Alabama U.S. Senate
candidate Judge Roy Moore to step aside following claims of sexual misconduct
from decades ago, will Franken be asked to resign as senator?
“I will happily testify before the Senate Ethics Committee,
should a hearing be held regarding Franken’s behavior,” Morgan added.
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Posted by Fox News
Published on Nov 16, 2017
Media Equalizer co-founder speaks out on 'The Ingraham
Angle' about her experiences.
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Moore mocks
McConnell’s call for an investigation into Franken
By Mark Moore
November 16, 2017 | 2:15pm | Updated 4:45pm
Mitch
McConnell (left) and Roy Moore Getty Images
Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate accused of sexual
misconduct, took a shot at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday,
mocking his call for an ethics investigation into groping allegations against
Sen. Al Franken.
“Al Franken admits guilt after photographic evidence of his
abuse surfaces. Mitch: ‘Let’s investigate,'” Moore tweeted.
“In Alabama, ZERO evidence, allegations 100% rejected.
Mitch: ‘Moore must quit immediately or be expelled,'” Moore wrote.
McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, has called on Moore to drop out of the
Alabama special election after nine women have came forward to
accuse him of sexually harassing or assaulting them decades ago.
After Leeann Tweeden alleged that Franken, a Democrat from
Minnesota, forcibly kissed and groped her during a USA
tour to the Middle East in 2006, McConnell called for an ethics
probe into the senator.
Tweeden also released a photo of Franken grabbing her chest
while she was sleeping on a military plane.
Franken apologized to Tweeden, a television host for KABC,
but said his recollection of their encounter was different.
He said he would cooperate with the Senate ethics
investigation.
Moore has denied the allegations against him, calling them
“fake news.”
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John R. Houk, Editor
November 17, 2017
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Melanie Morgan: After TV appearance, Al Franken harassed me too
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Moore mocks
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