Oklahoma House seats lawmaker accused of sexual harassment
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January 5, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma House voted along partisan lines Tuesday to seat a Republican lawmaker who rescinded a letter of resignation he submitted after being named in a sexual harassment complaint.
The GOP-controlled chamber voted to seat Rep. Dan Kirby of Tulsa following a debate between Democrats and Republicans in which Kirby denied the allegations and said he acted too quickly when he submitted a letter of resignation to House Speaker-designate Charles McCall, R-Atoka.
"I want to say publicly, and I should have done this from the beginning — I have done nothing wrong," Kirby told...
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