Would be the first expulsion in nearly a century.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/06/texas-legislature-bryan-slaton-investigation/
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/06/texas-legislature-bryan-slaton-investigation/
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A House committee has recommended the expulsion of Republican state Rep. Bryan Slaton after finding he had engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with an aide, then acted to thwart an investigation into the matter.
A scathing report by the House General Investigating Committee, distributed to House shortly after noon Saturday, found Slaton did not dispute allegations that he had sex with the 19-year-old woman and provided alcohol to her, nor did he express regret or remorse for his conduct. Instead, the report said, Slaton's lawyer argued the complaints should be dismissed because the behavior occurred in Slaton's Austin residence, not the workplace.
The report found Slaton had sex with the 19-year-old staffer in the early hours of April 1 at his apartment in Austin. The aide told the committee Slaton had provided her several drinks of rum and coke and that she consumed "a lot of alcohol" and felt "really dizzy."
Slaton, the report said, attempted to intimidate other young women who worked in the Capitol and became aware of his relationship with the aide.
In one instance, Slaton showed the aide a supposedly anonymous email he had received from someone saying they knew the representative and the aide had sex but that "nothing would happen as long as her and her friends keep quiet." The aide told the committee that she understood the email to be a "threat," but also suspected Slaton may have fabricated the email. She said she believed it was sent from a Slaton Financial Services address, where Slaton works outside the Legislature.
