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Farenthold Won’t Pay Back Settlement

May 15, 2018 at 2:50 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX), the disgraced Texas Republican who resigned last month in the aftermath of a sexual harassment settlement, told ABC News that he has no intention of repaying an $84,000 sexual harassment settlement funded by taxpayers.

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