Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who is one of the most prominent voices of the #MeToo movement, ignored sexual harassment complaints from a young female staffer last year, prompting the aide to resign in protest, according to a digital copy of her resignation later sent to the senator’s personal email.
Gillibrand was spearheading efforts to change how Congress handles allegations of sexual harassment last year as the female aide—who wanted to remain anonymous due to fear of retaliation and damage to her future career—accused the senator of going against her own “public belief that women shouldn’t accept sexual harassment in any form.”
