Capitol Police in the US are reportedly investigating leaked nude photos of a Texas GOP lawmaker
Joe Barton reportedly warned a woman that he would contact the police if she didn’t stop communicating with other women he was previously romantically involved with
Republican Rep. Joe Barton of Texas reportedly warned a woman who received “inappropriate photographs and videos” of him that he would report the matter to Capitol Hill police, according to a transcript of a 2015 phone call obtained by The Washington Post.
In the transcript of the call, Barton reportedly confronted the woman after she was discovered to have communicated with other women who were romantically involved with Barton. The woman is also believed to have forwarded explicit materials from Barton to the other women.
“I want your word that this ends,” Barton said in the recording, according to The Post. “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.”
Barton continued, saying that he would detail all of their exchanges to the police, including material he said he did not want to be publicly disclosed.
“... You still apparently had all of those and were in position to use them in a way that would negatively affect my career,” Barton reportedly said.