,
3 tweets,
2 min read
Read on Twitter
NEW: A lawsuit claims Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee retaliated against a staffer who planned to sue the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation over an alleged rape buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil… 
The woman, who is only referred to by the pseudonym Jane Doe, claims she was raped in 2015 by the CBCF's intern coordinator when she was a 19-year-old intern for the foundation. She later went to work for Jackson Lee, who is chair of the board of the CBCF buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
The woman alleges she told Jackson Lee's chief of staff in March 2018 that she planned to pursue legal action against the CBCF, and asked to speak with Jackson Lee, but there was no meeting. Several weeks later, she was fired, according to the complaint buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
