according to that local reporting the republican's victim, an intern, said scotty campbell would consistentlyintern for information about her sex life the intern said mr. campbell allegedly told her he fantasized about her and another intern in lewd acts. she also claims he grabbed her around her neck making her recoil and feel sick this situation escalated to a degree that the intern says she had to move out of the building where both she and the republican had apartments in order to feel safe again when confronted about these allegations by our local reporter republican scotty campbell claimed that the behavior in question consisted of, quote, consensual adult conversations. the ethics subcommittee determined otherwise in a letter to the speaker of the tennessee statehouse the committee concluded the ethics subcommittee finds representative campbell violated the policy against workplace discrimination and harassment. now, take a good look at the date of the top. you can see right there march 29, 2023 that means when lawmakers voted to oust two democrats on april 6th it was well-known at lea

they've been reinstated, and scotty campbell , the lawmaker who stepped down and not get resigned whenhe made the statement responding to the harassment claim in new york , dozens of public schools across the state may be forced to change their names and their mascots after state education officials ruled that schools will eliminate indigenous related names and imagery. those schools have until the end of the year or risk losing state aid. tnn's polo sandoval has this story. for some, they are a source of school pride. but for tribal nations, they're the reason behind a decades long battle. and this week a win new york state education officials voted unanimously to ban their public schools from using indigenous team names, logos and mascots. they have until the fall of 2024 to eliminate such imagery or risk losing state funding overdue. i mean, this latest pushes just um, the newest push, but we've had community members fighting for these changes over the last several decades. polite is chairman of new york's shinnecock nation. chiefs warriors. indians polite joins the national congres

well it turns out it can scotty campbell had been under investigation by the state house ethics subcommittee, and its report had been released since march. 29th that's one week before campbell and other republicans voted to expel the tennessee three for their protests, their unruly protests on the house floor over gun reform. cnn's ryan young is with me now, ryan, what is scotty campbell have to say about all this? we'll take as you can imagine he's not saying much in this case, especially after all this is sort of played out. and of course, like you just indicated it was march 29th when this complaint came in from an intern, and they were investigating this, and they were able to substantiate some of the claims here, and he said he didn't realize having consensual conversation with two adults. away from the state capital could be something that could get him into trouble. but if in the language in this that we can't even report all of it because w t v s has this investigation, something that's very salacious, in fact, take a listen to the confrontation that happened with that state lawmaker

representative scotty campbell handed in his resignatio today. last wor with lawrence o'donnell, goo evening, lawrence. >> good evening, alex, i learn something today about what w call the wild west the old wil west that there was way more contro in the w

yeah so just that short if you think about this, representative scotty campbell had been in the legislatorleast three different times, and it has been reelected course. the conversation now comes down to what were these conversations, he says he was basically had a consensual adult conversation with two adults off property. that's what he told w t v f. and so those interactions obviously weren't something that these women seem to have enjoyed. and they were reported to this subcommittee. that subcommittee then came out with this report. and with all this pressure turn and all this i in terms of the microscope on the tennessee legislature, he had to step down yesterday. in this sort of shocking move. there's a lot of focus on that body right now, especially with everything that's happened in the last month. you could understand now when you think about ethics concern you had two members who went down to the floor made some noise about gun control, and they were thrown out. but then you had a member who was also under investigation for this workplace violation where he might have been talkin

protesting against gun violence , a local tv station confronted tennessee house representative scotty campbell about sexual harassment allegations involving interns. he resigned the same day. campbell says he had quote consensual adult conversations outside the workplace. thanks for your time we'll see you monday. cnn news central starts right now. russia mistakenly bombs itself hitting a city of more than 400,000 people, leaving a massive crater. and blowing a car onto a roof. so just how effective is the russian war machine? accidental bombing that is again raising that question. deadline day for a case with huge implications for the entire country is supreme court decision could drop it any moment on medication , abortion and the fate of a pill that millions of women have used for more than two decades. the worst kept secret in washington, president biden said to announce his 2024 campaign next week with the election of mere 564 days away that went fast. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news, central. a powerful explosion overnigh

republican scotty campbell was found guilty of sexually harassing at least one intern. he voted to expel two black democratic lawmakers for leading a gun-control protest on the house floor. lawyers for actor alec baldwin say prosecutors in new mexico will drop the involuntary manslaughter charges against him for now. the case stemmed from the fatal shooting of a crewmember on a movie set. the prosecutor said there examining new evidence and that charges could still be refiled. in on track to become the world's most populous nation. the latest spacex test flight fails post-launch. working to tear down barriers for patients in rural texas. and a new book explores the joy of aging. >> this is the pbs newshour from w eth studios in washington -- weta studios in washington. >> state and federal lawmakers moved on several measures affecting young transgender peeler -- people. north dakota bans gender affirming treatment including hormones for anyone under 18. the democratic governor of kansas vetoed a bill that would have done the same and imposed bathroom restrictions. house

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representative scotty campbell tendered his resignation today that does it for us. we will see you again tomorrow "way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next >>> look, i think there's very few people who show themselves as potential candidates in the party who can go there and willing to take him on a lot of people are afraid of him. i've been doing it for 22 years. i'm not the least bit afraid of him. >> chris christie sure seems to be dropping more hits about a possible presidential campaign as he continues to criticize donald trump we'll have more of those comments straight ahead. and weeks after the first lady said he's running again, president joe biden finally appears ready to make it official, we think >>> plus, the fight for endorsements in florida is not going well for ron desantis, his cool touch to republicans hadn't paid any dividends yet we're going have to have new reporting on trump's personal efforts to connect with lawmakers. >>> good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this friday, april 21st i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for startin

representative scotty campbell handed in his resignatio today. that does it for us, we'll see you again tomorrow now it's time for the last wor with lawrence o'donnell, goo evening, lawrence. >> good evening, alex, i learn something today about what w call the wild west the old wil west that there was way more contro in the wild west, in those towns, and all those movies we saw with the guys would wander out carrying guns. it was all illegal, and a lo -- >> a federal courts o appeals has agreed to hear attorney alvin bragg's appeal. a federal judge ordere yesterday saying that th former assistant distric attorney, mark pomerantz, wh briefly worked for alvin bragg needs to testify to the hous judiciary committee in accordance with a subpoena issued by the chairman republican, jim jordan we report on that case her last night, the appeals cour has given alvin bragg unti tomorrow to file his appeals briefing and jim jordan will have double line next day, and saturday, to respond to that brief and that case in the cas at the appeals court could achiev

representative scotty campbell handed in his resignatio today. that does it for us, we'll see you again tomorrow now it's time for the last wor with lawrence o'donnell, goo evening, lawrence. >> good evening, alex, i learn something today about what w call the wild west the old wil west that there was way more contro in the wild west, in those towns, and all those movies we saw with the guys would wander out carrying guns. it was all illegal, and a lo of those times you could never publicly kerrigan and i have a history professor who's goin to join us at the end of the show who revealed all of tha to me today. i am just so shocked, that those cowboy movies were, in some ways, inaccurat apparently >> it is a good reminder to al the originalist who wants to basically, rewind time back to the 1718 hundreds, that they may not have liked the gun laws. >> and nobody was questioning, nobody was saying that's un-american, that' unconstitutional, everybod just went along with what it was. >> irony deep irony, lawrence >> those were the days >> thank you a

scotty campbell, another representative, who resigned.ut only after it was publicly revealed that he had been found to have been guilty of sexual harassment. and that happened prior to youtube being expelled from that body. what's your response to how that was handled? speaker cameron sexton is running a mob ocracy, not a democracy and in this type of institution, what he desires and wants is what rules and what he wanted was to expel lawmakers for protesting to end gun violence, and he wanted to protect a lawmaker who committed sexual assault against a 19 year old intern. that's what we're dealing with. in our state. we have a super majority of the republican party that's way more concerned about protecting their own, upholding the systems of white supremacy and patriarchy than doing something about justice. and so it wasn't until it was public that speaker sexton leader lambert actually did something about this, but it shows the disparity and treatment for black lawmakers for women lawmakers and for the white lawmakers who are in charge

protesting against gun violence , a local tv station confronted tennessee house representative scotty campbellut sexual harassment allegations involving interns. he resigned the same day. campbell says he had quote consensual adult conversations outside the workplace. thanks for your time we'll see you monday. cnn news central starts right now.