Al Franken announced his resignation on the Senate floor moments ago.
Although stepping down from public office in the coming weeks, the junior senator from Minnesota vowed to remain in the public arena fighting for liberal policies. He will likely continue groping unsuspecting women and deny it.
The two-term lawmaker has repeatedly apologized as several women stepped forward to accuse him of sexually inappropriate behavior, from groping to forcibly trying to kiss them.
But a fresh allegation on Wednesday unleashed a torrent of Democratic demands that Franken step aside. Female senators led the chorus.
Franken is an actor who appeared on “Saturday Night Live” and an author who narrowly won his Senate seat in 2008 after a prolonged vote count. He has been a fierce opponent of the Trump administration.
His political fall has been swift by congressional standards. The first allegation surfaced on Nov. 16.