Top Schumer Aide Was Pushed Out After Inappropriate Sexual Encounters With Staff
When Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumers longtime communications director Matt House announced he was leaving just after Novembers midterm elections, the news was met with widespread bipartisan praise for House and his reputation for fairness. But some of Houses Senate colleagues were surprised to learn of his departure, given that he did not have a high-profile job lined up and that Democrats could regain control of the Senate in 2020.
Houses departure, however, was not voluntary. HuffPost has learned, through two sources with knowledge of the situation, that House was pushed out for allegedly having inappropriate sexual encounters with junior staffers, ending what was a nearly six-year tenure as communications director for the New York Democrat. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they werent authorized to speak to a reporter about the allegations.
In a text-message statement late Friday, a spokesman for Schumer confirmed that House was forced out after the encounters were alleged:
Upon learning that he had inappropriate encounters within the office and that it was making some staff uncomfortable, he was asked to leave.
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