The chief of staff for freshman U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia has resigned after a report that he laughed at a woman who complained of sexual harassment while both worked on Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported Garcia accepted Bill Velazquez’s resignation on Friday. Garcia communications director Fabiola Rodriguez-Ciampoli said in a statement that “recent media stories that involved Bill had become a distraction.”