John Conyers resigns from Congress after sexual harassment allegations

John Conyers, the Michigan Democrat who is battling sexual harassment allegations from former female staffers, resigned from Congress on Tuesday, after telling a Detroit radio host: “I am retiring today.” Conyers spoke in a rambling interview with WJBK host Mildred Gaddis, via telephone from an undisclosed hospital. Shortly afterwards his resignation letter was read on the floor of Congress. The 88-year-old insisted that the allegations against him did not diminish his half-century of service in Congress. “My legacy can’t be compromised or diminished in any way by what we are going through now,” he said. “This too shall pass.”