Franken apologized for the harassment Thursday, saying “I respect women. I don’t respect men who don’t. And the fact that my own actions have given people a good reason to doubt that makes me feel ashamed.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R–Kentucky, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D–New York, have called for an ethics investigation into the allegations, and Franken said he would cooperate with an investigation.
Brown’s campaign said the donations from Franken and his political action committee — which span from Brown’s 2006 campaign for Senate through 2018 and come from both Franken and his leadership PAC — will go to various charities around the state to be determined later.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Midwest Values PAC, has given a total of $26,000 to Brown’s campaign, giving $10,000 in 2018 and 2012 and $6,000 during Brown’s original campaign for Senate. Franken has also given personal donations, according to a Brown campaign spokesman
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