House office settled suit with Meeks ex-staffer who alleged assault at donor-tied business:...

"Meeks’ spokesman Jordan Morris said the office had no comment on the settlement, but said that taxpayer-funded settlements can save money on extended litigation."

Aaaaaaand, here's the problem: TAX PAYER'S FUNDS BEING USED IN SETTLEMENTS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

If there's a "sexual assault" issue at hand, that's a PERSONAL CRIMINAL ACT. It may have been performed by a politician (to wit, the accused U.S. Representative Gregory Meeks), but there's no "qualified immunity" involved in this. None whatsoever.

So WHY are tax payer funds being used for ANY such settlement?

"...taxpayer-funded settlements can save money on extended litigation." It appears to me that the only savings to be had here are the savings to Representative Gregory Meeks' personal finances.

"Meeks argued that the office’s existence means that he should not be financially liable in the suit, according to legal documents."

Well, riddle me this Batman...what about your job as a U.S. Representative, Mr. Meeks, was responsible for the sexual harassment of another person? Can you show me where it's written into the low somewhere? Or maybe you just tripped, fell down some stairs, snagged your zipper on a sliver of wood which tore it open, allowing your penis to fall out and jam itself into some woman's vagina? Some kind of bizarre work-related accident, in other words?

Police officers have "qualified immunity" because the State has empowered them with the responsibility to enforce the laws of the State...and that may require police officers to take actions that would otherwise result in civil/criminal charges for others. In other words, the state takes responsibility for the officer's actions and is held liable for anything that may result. HOWEVER, qualified immunity presupposes that the officers are, in fact, following the laws and regulations governing their acts in the first place in their role as police officers. Sexual assault wouldn't meet the requirements for qualified immunity for police officers, so I'm finding it difficult to believe it would for politicians, either.

So far Muller has spent $6 million on the Trump investigation. Why aren’t folks screaming about how many children could be fed or lawsuits settled with the money...

Another one bites the dust. Someone needs to do some statistical analysis on which side of the aisle the most pervs reside. I only have a subjective opinion.