CNN: Congressman Joe Barton Raises Possibility He’s the Victim of Revenge Porn

HILL We have it ░░░░░░░░ covered and begin with ░░░░░░░░ s Sunlen Serfaty live ░░░░░░░░ Washington with our top ░░░░░░░░ SERFATY Good morning to ░░░░░░░░ Erica A lot of ░░░░░░░░ about this after a ░░░░░░░░ explicit photo of Texas ░░░░░░░░ congressman Joe Barton surfaced ░░░░░░░░ the Internet this week ░░░░░░░░ an anonymous Twitter account ░░░░░░░░ has apologized for the ░░░░░░░░ photos but also raised ░░░░░░░░ possibility that he s ░░░░░░░░ victim of revenge porn ░░░░░░░░ s spokeswoman tells CNN ░░░░░░░░ did not release the ░░░░░░░░ himself and he does ░░░░░░░░ know who released the ░░░░░░░░ An unnamed woman has ░░░░░░░░ forward telling The Washington ░░░░░░░░ that Barton did indeed ░░░░░░░░ her lewd photos and ░░░░░░░░ and messages when they ░░░░░░░░ two sexual encounters over ░░░░░░░░ course of five years ░░░░░░░░ woman told The Post ░░░░░░░░ she slept with him ░░░░░░░░ in 2014 and she ░░░░░░░░ I was in it ░░░░░░░░ the politics connection The ░░░░░░░░ shared a secretly recorded ░░░░░░░░ call from 2015 with ░░░░░░░░ paper and according to ░░░░░░░░ Post in that call ░░░░░░░░ warned her against using ░░░░░░░░ explicit images he had ░░░░░░░░ her in a way ░░░░░░░░ would negatively affect his ░░░░░░░░ vowing that he would ░░░░░░░░ to the Capitol Hill ░░░░░░░░ over her threats The ░░░░░░░░ told The Post that ░░░░░░░░ took the phone call ░░░░░░░░ a threat and Congressman ░░░░░░░░ says it was to ░░░░░░░░ her from publicly releasing ░░░░░░░░ images as revenge porn ░░░░░░░░ Texas outlawed in 2015 ░░░░░░░░ in a statement Barton ░░░░░░░░ The Dallas Morning News ░░░░░░░░ identified a potential crime ░░░░░░░░ me and the transcript ░░░░░░░░ in The Washington Post ░░░░░░░░ be evidence This woman ░░░░░░░░ we had a consensual ░░░░░░░░ When I ended that ░░░░░░░░ she threatened to publicly ░░░░░░░░ my private photographs and ░░░░░░░░ correspondence in retaliation As ░░░░░░░░ transcript reflects I have ░░░░░░░░ to take the matter ░░░░░░░░ Capitol Hill Police to ░░░░░░░░ an investigation Today the ░░░░░░░░ Hill Police reached out ░░░░░░░░ me and offered to ░░░░░░░░ an investigation and I ░░░░░░░░ accepted Because of the ░░░░░░░░ investigation we will have ░░░░░░░░ further comment Also this ░░░░░░░░ Democratic congressman John Conyers ░░░░░░░░ Michigan is facing new ░░░░░░░░ allegations A former staffer ░░░░░░░░ Sloan says she was ░░░░░░░░ abused and harassed by ░░░░░░░░ While Sloan doesn t ░░░░░░░░ she was sexually harassed ░░░░░░░░ claims the Congressman s ░░░░░░░░ was inappropriate recalling one ░░░░░░░░ when he called her ░░░░░░░░ his office when he ░░░░░░░░ in his underwear Conyers ░░░░░░░░ says the Congressman is ░░░░░░░░ going to resign but ░░░░░░░░ House Ethics Committee is ░░░░░░░░ investigating a reported settlement ░░░░░░░░ an unidentified former employee ░░░░░░░░ claims pf sexual harassment ░░░░░░░░ 2015. Chris and Erica.”