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U.S. Rep. Joe Barton apologized for the graphic photo Wednesday, which was posted on an anonymous Twitter account.
How Did A Lewd Photo Of A Congressman End Up Online?
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November 23, 2017
U.S. Rep. Joe Barton of Texas says Capitol Police are looking into how a lewd photo of him ended up online.
Barton apologized Wednesday after a graphic photo posted on an anonymous Twitter account started making rounds. It's unclear who posted it.
In his apology, Barton said he'd had consensual relationships with several women while separated from his second wife.
The photo appears to be from a video Barton said he sent to one of those women. She told The Washington Post they exchanged explicit messages but that she didn't post the recent photo.
She also shared a recording of a 2015 phone conversation with Barton. In it, the representative warned he would report her to Capitol Police if the explicit messages he sent her were made public.
The woman says she took his mention of Capitol Police as an intimidation tactic. In a statement, Barton didn't deny that conversation — but he did say it could be evidence of a crime against him.
He could be referring to "revenge porn," the term used for sexually explicit material posted online without the subject's consent. There's no federal law barring revenge porn, but Barton's home state of Texas and the District of Columbia do have those laws.
According to its website, the Capitol Police enforces both federal and District of Columbia laws and regulations. As of Wednesday, the agency had not responded to a request for comment from the Post.
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