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Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by SMAZ on Fri Nov 24 02:15:49 2017

Congressman on tape tells woman he would report her to Capitol Police because she could expose his secret sex life


By Mike DeBonis and Elise Viebeck - WaPo

Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.), who apologized Wednesday for a lewd photo of him that circulated on the Internet, told a woman to whom he had sent sexually explicit photos, videos and messages that he would report her to the Capitol Police because she could expose his behavior, according to a recording reviewed by The Washington Post.

The woman spoke to The Post after the lewd photo was published Tuesday by an anonymous Twitter account. She shared a secretly recorded phone conversation she had with Barton in 2015 in which he warned her against using the explicit materials “in a way that would negatively affect my career.”

The woman described encounters and contact spanning a five-year period that began online after she posted a message on Barton’s Facebook page in 2011, leading to the sexually explicit exchanges and ultimately a pair of physical sexual encounters in Washington and Texas. Over time, she said, she became aware of and corresponded with multiple other women who engaged in relationships with Barton, who represents a suburban Dallas district and is one of the most senior Republicans in the House.

The woman, who is not married, spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect her privacy.

In the 2015 phone call, Barton confronted the woman over her communications with the other women, including her decision to share explicit materials he had sent. In that context, he mentioned the Capitol Police, a comment the woman interpreted as an attempt to intimidate her.

“I want your word that this ends,” he said, according to the recording, adding: “I will be completely straight with you. I am ready if I have to, I don’t want to, but I should take all this crap to the Capitol Hill Police and have them launch an investigation. And if I do that, that hurts me potentially big time.”

“Why would you even say that to me?” the woman responded. “The Capitol Hill police? And what would you tell them, sir?”

Said Barton: “I would tell them that I had a three-year undercover relationship with you over the Internet that was heavily sexual and that I had met you twice while married and had sex with you on two different occasions and that I exchanged inappropriate photographs and videos with you that I wouldn’t like to be seen made public, that you still apparently had all of those and were in position to use them in a way that would negatively affect my career. That’s the truth.”

In a statement late Wednesday, Barton said a transcript of the recording provided by The Post may be “evidence” of a “potential crime against me.”

He said that he received word Wednesday that the Capitol Police are opening an inquiry. While there is no federal law prohibiting the disclosure of intimate photos of adults without consent, the Dallas Morning News on Wednesday reported that the Twitter photo of Barton could violate a 2015 Texas law banning so-called “revenge porn,” which is the portrayal of another person’s intimate body parts and distributing the images without consent.

“This woman admitted that we had a consensual relationship,” Barton said. “When I ended that relationship, she threatened to publicly share my private photographs and intimate correspondence in retaliation. As the transcript reflects, I offered to take the matter to the Capitol Hill Police to open an investigation. Today, the Capitol Police reached out to me and offered to launch an investigation and I have accepted. Because of the pending investigation, we will have no further comment.”

The woman said she never had any intention to use the materials to retaliate against Barton.

A request for comment from the Capitol Police was not immediately returned late Wednesday.

Earlier Wednesday, Barton acknowledged “sexual relationships with other mature adult women” that he said took place while he was “separated from my second wife, before the divorce.”

“Each was consensual,” he said in a statement. “Those relationships have ended. I am sorry I did not use better judgment during those days. I am sorry that I let my constituents down.”

Barton, 68, is the fifth-longest serving Republican in the House, now in his 17th term. He is a former chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and now serves as vice chairman of the panel.

The Texas native has built a reputation on Capitol Hill as a fierce advocate for the oil and gas industry and a reliable vote for conservative legislation. A member of the Freedom Caucus, Barton regularly receives top scores from socially conservative groups such as the Family Research Council that analyze members’ stances on positions such as abortion and gay rights.

But he is not known as an outspoken culture warrior. In 1998, amid the scandal over President Bill Clinton’s affair with a White House intern, Barton was quoted in the Los Angeles Times saying, “I personally don’t care a fig about what he does in his bedroom with his wife or any other sexual partners he may have, but I do care if he lies under oath.”

Barton was still married to his second wife when his relationship with the woman began. His wife filed for divorce in April 2014, according to court records; the divorce was made final in February 2015. A spokeswoman for Barton did not respond to a question about when his separation began.

Besides the recording of the phone call, the woman shared text and social media messages she exchanged with Barton, as well as a 53-second cellphone video Barton recorded of himself while masturbating. The conspiracy theory website Infowars obtained a copy of the video and published it Wednesday night, though the video appeared to have been removed from the site later.

The lewd Twitter photo that Barton acknowledged on Wednesday appears to have been captured from that video. The woman said she did not post the image herself. She shared phone numbers for Barton that match his personal and government-issued cellphones. Barton was not abusive or coercive in his interactions, the woman said, but said she felt he was “manipulative and dishonest and misleading” in his dealings with her and other women.

“It’s not normal for a member of Congress who runs on a GOP platform of family values and conservatism to be scouring the Internet looking for a new sexual liaison,” she said, explaining her motive for coming forward.

The woman said Barton first reached out to her in 2011 after she posted a comment about politics on his Facebook page. As the two struck up a friendship, they would exchange messages for hours, including when he was on the House floor or in committee meetings, she said.

Soon, Barton began flirting, making suggestive comments and sending explicit messages, she said. She described feeling uncomfortable with his advances at first.

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by AlM on Fri Nov 24 02:51:15 2017, in response to Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by SMAZ on Fri Nov 24 02:15:49 2017.

No issue. Family values voters don't expect their candidates to have family values.

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Posted by bingbong on Fri Nov 24 09:29:22 2017, in response to Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by SMAZ on Fri Nov 24 02:15:49 2017.

That's not illegal. They're talking up making it illegal, but your Congressperson (or does Congrespervert apply here?) has no recourse. He's hust looking to wheedle out of his ultimate censure. He needs to resign. After all, its the republicans that began all the sexual witchhunting some twenty years ago. Before that all that got weeded out were the pedophiles. Hmmm.

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by Dave on Fri Nov 24 10:12:04 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by bingbong on Fri Nov 24 09:29:22 2017.

I'm no fan of Smokey Joe but what did he do that makes him a pervert?

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Nov 24 10:16:58 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by AlM on Fri Nov 24 02:51:15 2017.

It's a Knight Templar effect. Religious voters want champions. Just as crusading knights committed atrocities in the service of what the faithful believed was righteous, they believed that bloodthirsty warriors were also therefore righteous.

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by bingbong on Fri Nov 24 10:18:35 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by Dave on Fri Nov 24 10:12:04 2017.

He let those pictures out there, this is ultimately his own fault. When one gets to these kinds of positions, they have to realize they're going to be u der constant scrutiny and be sure they avoid behavior that can come back to bite their ass. No, I'm not saying that's literally the case, I haven't seen said pix nor care to.😂

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by Dave on Fri Nov 24 10:32:17 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by bingbong on Fri Nov 24 10:18:35 2017.

He did not let the pictures out. He sent them privately to his then mistress. She let them out. People do have an expectation of privacy, you know.

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by bingbong on Fri Nov 24 10:36:50 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by Dave on Fri Nov 24 10:32:17 2017.

That's just plain stupid. Anyone with half a sense of reality knows relationships like that end (with very rare exception), and wouldn't do that.

He should resign simply guilty of stupidity.

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by R2ChinaTown on Fri Nov 24 10:37:16 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by bingbong on Fri Nov 24 10:18:35 2017.

That's right. Blame the victim. Revenge porn is a serious issue, usually for female victims. Do you really want to make this issue political?

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by R2ChinaTown on Fri Nov 24 10:38:24 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by bingbong on Fri Nov 24 10:36:50 2017.

You are a sick, hateful, paranoid skin.

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by AlM on Fri Nov 24 10:52:39 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by Dave on Fri Nov 24 10:32:17 2017.

She let them out.

Proof?

She denies it and I don't think he has provided any evidence that she did it. I don't think he even claims that she did it, only that she might have done it.

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Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv

Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Nov 24 11:19:22 2017, in response to Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by SMAZ on Fri Nov 24 02:15:49 2017.

Another de facto Democrat with his "bipartisan" schemes. Can't take ownership of him?

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Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv

Posted by ClearAspect on Fri Nov 24 11:25:20 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Nov 24 11:19:22 2017.

I see Republican, learn to read.

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Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv

Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Nov 24 11:27:57 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv, posted by ClearAspect on Fri Nov 24 11:25:20 2017.

Right, you don't understand that RINO is an acronym for "Republican In Name Only". Barton's a well-known liberal, having supported the DREAM Act and Obamacare subsidies.

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Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv

Posted by R2Chinatown on Fri Nov 24 12:00:37 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv, posted by ClearAspect on Fri Nov 24 11:25:20 2017.

De-FAC-TO look it up, rat-boy.

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Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv

Posted by R2Chinatown on Fri Nov 24 12:00:45 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv, posted by ClearAspect on Fri Nov 24 11:25:20 2017.

De-FAC-TO look it up, rat-boy.

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Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv

Posted by R30A on Fri Nov 24 12:05:47 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv, posted by R2Chinatown on Fri Nov 24 12:00:45 2017.

The claim that Joe Barton is a defacto Democrat is far more absurd than the claim that Barack Obama is a defacto Republican.

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Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv

Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Nov 24 12:44:18 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv, posted by R30A on Fri Nov 24 12:05:47 2017.

LOL no. Do you really think that someone who isn't a Democrat at heart would support DACA, the DREAM act and Obamacare? Don't talk out of your wazoo.

And who claimed Obama's a de facto Republican? Only person I ever saw claiming something even close to that is nutty Nilet.

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Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv

Posted by ClearAspect on Fri Nov 24 12:57:45 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Nov 24 11:27:57 2017.

To you everyone is a RINO who disagrees with you. Sorry that isnt how the world works, this isnt the soviet union though you want Republicans to act like it.

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Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv

Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Nov 24 13:40:35 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Nov 24 12:44:18 2017.

Stop stalking Nilet, hypocrite.

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by SMAZ on Fri Nov 24 14:27:38 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by Dave on Fri Nov 24 10:12:04 2017.

but what did he do that makes him a pervert?

The same thing Weiner did.

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Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv

Posted by R30a on Fri Nov 24 14:33:34 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Nov 24 12:44:18 2017.

Barton does not support Obamacare. DACA is not a Democratic vs Republican thing. It is a sane vs olog thing. Yes, Joe Barton is not as batshit crazy as you are. Being saner than you are is not indicative of being a Democrat.

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by Dave on Fri Nov 24 17:03:49 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by SMAZ on Fri Nov 24 14:27:38 2017.

Weiner sexted with a 15-year old minor. Barton did not.

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by bingbong on Fri Nov 24 17:16:48 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by Dave on Fri Nov 24 17:03:49 2017.

Weiner's in jail. Barton is still in the House.

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Posted by Dave on Fri Nov 24 17:25:14 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by bingbong on Fri Nov 24 17:16:48 2017.

So what? Weiner broke the law by sexting with a minor. When he did it is irrelevant to the crime. Barton sexted with an adult.

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Nov 24 17:33:02 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by Dave on Fri Nov 24 17:03:49 2017.

He was talking about when Weiner was in the House.

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Posted by bingbong on Fri Nov 24 19:24:40 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by Dave on Fri Nov 24 17:25:14 2017.

Didn't say Barton should be in jail, did I?

I said he should resign. That should be the end of it.

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Posted by R2ChinaTown on Fri Nov 24 20:35:38 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by bingbong on Fri Nov 24 19:24:40 2017.

Why should he resign?

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by Dave on Fri Nov 24 21:22:55 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by bingbong on Fri Nov 24 19:24:40 2017.

Why should he resign? It may have been tacky but since when is that a criteria for whether an elected candidate should resign from office? Barton had a reasonable expectation of privacy when he texted her that image.

Were you calling for Slick Willy's resignation when Monica was smoking his cigar while he was in office?

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by Dave on Fri Nov 24 21:23:32 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Nov 24 17:33:02 2017.

I knew that.

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by AlM on Fri Nov 24 21:34:33 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by Dave on Fri Nov 24 21:22:55 2017.

Why should he resign? It may have been tacky but since when is that a criteria for whether an elected candidate should resign from office? Weiner had a reasonable expectation of privacy when he texted her that image.

So you don't think Weiner should have resigned from the House when he did?

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Nov 24 21:35:17 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by AlM on Fri Nov 24 21:34:33 2017.

I don’t.

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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Nov 24 21:56:13 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by Dave on Fri Nov 24 21:22:55 2017.

Don't recall any of them doing that.

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Posted by Dave on Fri Nov 24 23:08:48 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by AlM on Fri Nov 24 21:34:33 2017.

No reason he had to, had he not lied about it. It was the lying that did him in, IMO.

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by Spider-Pig on Sat Nov 25 01:46:43 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by Dave on Fri Nov 24 23:08:48 2017.

That's bullshit.

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Posted by Fred G on Sat Nov 25 06:00:16 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by Dave on Fri Nov 24 23:08:48 2017.

That’s not true. It was the dick pic that nailed him. It’s reasonable human behavior to lie about something like that. That doesn’t make it right to lie of course but it’s not outlandish that someone would do so.

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Posted by bingbong on Sat Nov 25 10:19:11 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by Dave on Fri Nov 24 21:22:55 2017.

You have to comprehend that a relationship like that is NOT going to enable such an expectation. People that cheat on their spouses may get some, but that's all an extramarital affair provides. There is no defense for a cheater. You seem to be missing that.

The guy is an idiot, first for fooling aroound, second for giving someone he shouldn't be trusting pictures like those ESPECIALLY being a Congressperson? LOL! He should resign on the basis of idiocy. What if this was state secrets?

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by AlM on Sat Nov 25 10:29:24 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by bingbong on Sat Nov 25 10:19:11 2017.

He should resign on the basis of idiocy.

No. Congress can't operate without a quorum. :)

He's just a major sleaze, not a criminal. This is definitely one for the voters to decide.

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by bingbong on Sat Nov 25 10:42:36 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by AlM on Sat Nov 25 10:29:24 2017.

One doesn't have to committ a crime to lose their job. This is someone that obviously doesn't have a clue as to who he can trust. Given the level of trust people put into their elected officials, this is an incompetent. He needs to find something else to do.

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Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv

Posted by Dave on Sat Nov 25 13:47:25 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by AlM on Sat Nov 25 10:29:24 2017.

IAWTP.

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Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Nov 25 18:10:12 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by AlM on Sat Nov 25 10:29:24 2017.

You actually talk some sense this time.

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Posted by #4SeaBeachFred on Sat Nov 25 18:23:27 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by bingbong on Fri Nov 24 10:36:50 2017.

How about that creep in Minnesota? Think he should resign too, or is his political handle good enough to give him a pass in your convoluted take on things?

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Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv

Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Nov 25 18:25:08 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton R-TX. House Perv, posted by #4SeaBeachFred on Sat Nov 25 18:23:27 2017.

Nah; they regard him as off the hook because he apologized.

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Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv

Posted by #4SeaBeachFred on Sun Nov 26 00:42:46 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Nov 25 18:25:08 2017.

Typical liberal hogwash Olog. You know I have some beliefs that actually nudge me into some progressive ideas, but they are based on what seem to make sense. Then these real libs come along and make me wish I never went that route with their stupid and idiotic fogging the issue to make points that try and deflate their empty heading thinking. It's enough to make me sick.

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Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv

Posted by ClearAspect on Sun Nov 26 07:04:50 2017, in response to Re: Joe Barton RINO-TX. House Perv, posted by #4SeaBeachFred on Sun Nov 26 00:42:46 2017.

You make us sick as well, defending a prick like R2.

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