Lawmaker’s staffer was paid $220K to settle harassment suit
Alcee Hastings of Florida is the latest legislator to be unmasked as an alleged sexual harasser, according to documents obtained by Roll Call. Some $220,000 in taxpayer money is said to have been used to settle the lawsuit made against him by a former staffer, Winsome Packer. Hastings on Friday denied harassing Packer — a...