However, Frank said he later hired Gobie as a personal aide in an effort to turn Gobie's life around. James Daugherty, an Army officer.įrank, a homosexual, has admitted that he paid Gobie for sex when they first met. Daugherty is now in Seoul, South Korea, with her husband, Col. Gobie, that Gobie took advantage of Congressman Frank and had begun to misuse the apartment without Congressman Frank's knowledge or permission," she told the committee. "It is my strong belief, based on my knowledge of both Congressman Frank and Mr. She said none of the activities occurred when Frank was present. "I called Congressman Frank and reported what I had observed," Mrs. "Until this type of activity began to occur, it never dawned on me that prostitution might be taking place," she said, noting that Frank had moved into the basement apartment in 1983. She said she became aware in the summer of 1987 that different women _ and, on one occasion, men _ would visit Gobie at Frank's residence. 25 to the ethics committee, officially the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. The former landlady, Mary Jo Daugherty, gave her sworn statement Oct. Frank did, however, receive an unusually strong challenge from Republican Sean Bielat in 2010.įrank ultimately defeated Bielat, 54% to 43%.The committee is investigating Frank's relationship with Gobie.įrank said the woman's statements, which first appeared in the March issue of Penthouse magazine, "are complete lies, fabricated stories about events which did not happen." Scandal struck when Frank was accused of employing a former male prostitute and fixing. “Some of you may not think I’ve been good at it, but I’ve been trying.”įrank’s current district – which extends from the affluent, liberal Boston suburbs of Newton and Brookline to the cities of New Bedford and Fall River – is considered safe Democratic political terrain. Source for information on Frank, Barney: Encyclopaedia Judaica. “One of the advantages to me of not running for office is I don’t even have to pretend to try to be nice to people I don’t like,” Frank joked with reporters Monday. Launching his career as an aide to Boston Mayor Kevin White in the late 1960s, Frank quickly became known for an acidic political wit.
He was formally reprimanded by the House in 1990 for allegations of political impropriety relating to his association with a male prostitute. The controversial 2010 Dodd-Frank measure, designed to rein in Wall Street excesses after the 2008 financial collapse, passed the House without any GOP support.įrank made headlines earlier in his career by becoming one of the first openly gay members of Congress. House of Representatives in 1980, is the top Democrat on the powerful House Financial Services Committee. “Republicans were already gearing up for a strong race and Frank’s sudden retirement injects added optimism and excitement into the election.”įrank, first elected to the U.S. “It is clear that Congressman Frank was not looking forward to another hard-fought campaign after losing his gerrymandered district and spending nearly every penny he had in 2010,” Massachusetts Republican Party Executive Director Nate Little said in a written statement. If he was unaware of what went on while he was. Frank's Washington apartment, he cannot remain in the House. While Massachusetts’ entire House delegation is Democratic, local Republicans insist Frank’s retirement will put the reconfigured district in play. If Representative Barney Frank knew a male prostitute was selling sex from Mr.
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