After a three-year ethics investigation into his unwanted sexual advances on women, many of whom were dependent on him for their jobs, Bob Packwood of Oregon abruptly announced the resignation of his U.S. Senate seat, 20 years ago today.
Had he not quit, Packwood faced certain expulsion.
That he be expelled was the unanimous recommendation of the Senate Ethics Committee, which investigated Packwoodâ??s suspected offenses and found them sordid and numerous. They included evidence-tampering and influence-peddling in addition to sexual misconduct, the committee said in a report of 179 pages that was supported by thousands of pages of documentation.
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