Al Franken (D – Minnesota) announced Thursday that he will resign from the U.S. Senate after facing over a half-dozen allegations of sexual misconduct. The move comes a day after he was denounced by more than a dozen of his Democratic Senate colleagues — including most of the Senate’s Democratic women.
“I am announcing that in the coming weeks I will be resigning as a member of the United States Senate,” said Franken, adding that an internal Senate investigation would make him unable to properly serve his constituents. “It’s become clear that I cannot both pursue the ethics committee process and remain an effective member.”