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riversedge

(70,985 posts) Thu Nov 23, 2017, 01:16 AM Nov 2017

Barton: Capitol Police investigating possible crime against me. Seems Barton is playing [View all]

the victim card now.

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/22/joe-barton-investigation-scandal-nudity-259597?lo=ap_a1

Barton: Capitol Police investigating possible crime against me

By POLITICO STAFF

11/22/2017 11:38 PM EST

Texas Rep. Joe Barton, having already apologized over a nude picture of him circulating online, said later Wednesday that the Capitol Police is investigating a potential crime against him involving explicit materials.

“Today, the Capitol Police reached out to me and offered to launch an investigation and I have accepted," the longtime Republican congressman said in a statement later Wednesday.

Barton's statement followed a report in the Washington Post. A woman told the Post she had a recording of a 2015 conversation in which he threatened to report her to the Capitol Police to protect himself after their relationship had ended. She also told the newspaper that she had received explicit material from the congressman during a relationship that lasted several years.

In the Post article, Barton is quoted as saying to her: "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."

The Post said the woman spoke on the condition of anonymity.

In response, Barton said: "The Dallas Morning News has identified a potential crime against me and the transcript referenced in the Washington Post may be evidence."........................

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Barton: Capitol Police investigating possible crime against me. Seems Barton is playing [View all] riversedge Nov 2017 OP

That's it. That's the ticket. He is a victim. Sneederbunk Nov 2017 #1

another anonymous claimant. maybe he is being extorted eh? nt msongs Nov 2017 #2

Thats what it sounds like jberryhill Nov 2017 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author LisaL Nov 2017 #7

As far as I can see he is a victim Loki Liesmith Nov 2017 #3

And some people here totally buying it. LisaL Nov 2017 #5

This Shit Is A Tit For Tat Grassy Knoll Nov 2017 #6

I'm not a lawyer..and I don't play one on tv... sarah FAILIN Nov 2017 #8

That's my question as well. LisaL Nov 2017 #9

It's almost like a Saturday Night Live take on a penis picture womanofthehills Nov 2017 #67

In Texas releasing nude photos sent to you without permission of the individual is against the law. tammywammy Nov 2017 #10

What if said individual send you these photos without you asking for them? LisaL Nov 2017 #11

It is a Class A misdemeanor tammywammy Nov 2017 #15

She doesn't admit to publicly posting it. LisaL Nov 2017 #18

She shared it with someone and it's been posted on the internet. tammywammy Nov 2017 #21

Actually, we don't know what ended up on the internet. LisaL Nov 2017 #22

I say turn them over to the proper law enforcement, not publicly Luz Nov 2017 #45

I still don't agree with the law, because it puts burden on a receiver of images to LisaL Nov 2017 #52

Only if she was in Texas? sarah FAILIN Nov 2017 #12

I don't think this would qualify as revenge porn. LisaL Nov 2017 #13

Agreed sarah FAILIN Nov 2017 #17

Revenge porn or nonconsensual pornography is illegal in most states and DC madville Nov 2017 #14

So you are claiming the burden is on whoever got those videos (even if they didn't ask for them) is LisaL Nov 2017 #16

That's the law in Texas madville Nov 2017 #19

Doesn't sound like a good law. LisaL Nov 2017 #20

There are versions of it in 40 states and DC now madville Nov 2017 #23

Well, I think it's bizarre that I would be required to keep private something sent to me, whether I LisaL Nov 2017 #24

So, imagine you're in a relationship with someone. tammywammy Nov 2017 #25

The woman in question claims she didn't want the photos. LisaL Nov 2017 #26

I've been sent unsolicited dick pics. tammywammy Nov 2017 #29

So you think when this guy send it to you without even asking, he had a reasonable expectation of LisaL Nov 2017 #31

Yes. I don't think they expect the receiver to share the photo or post it on the internet. n/t tammywammy Nov 2017 #34

Maybe then they shouldn't send it. LisaL Nov 2017 #35

I think that expectation is unreasonable. Unsolicited pics are different from VermontKevin Nov 2017 #42

Yeah, so in response, she flew to Washington, slept with him, carried on for a while, jberryhill Nov 2017 #44

if she didn't want them, why did she keep them? onenote Nov 2017 #49

That law is kind of bizarre. LisaL Nov 2017 #61

Solicited or not, it's not illegal in most places for an adult to send an adult a nude picture. madville Nov 2017 #27

Not everybody wants to see that. LisaL Nov 2017 #28

The laws are intended to protect women madville Nov 2017 #33

If his private part is covered by a blue box, I don't think it qualifies as revenge porn, since the LisaL Nov 2017 #38

That was added after the initial release jberryhill Nov 2017 #43

I can tell you exactly where I got the tidbit-twitter. I didn't see the actual video, just a claim LisaL Nov 2017 #47

The important point is that she got them while them two were in a relationship. DetlefK Nov 2017 #53

I don't see anything in the text of the law supporting that idea. LisaL Nov 2017 #58

See response #19 DetlefK Nov 2017 #60

Once you give me something, isn't it my property? Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #55

That's the thing I don't understand about this law. LisaL Nov 2017 #56

I agree, the law can't protect people from their own stupidity. nt Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #59

Are you actually asking that sincerely? How have you not been aware of revenge porn? mythology Nov 2017 #62

Who made him take the picture and send it. Demtexan Nov 2017 #30

Married. LisaL Nov 2017 #32

Then his wife is the victim. Demtexan Nov 2017 #36

Wife asked for divorce in 2014, so he is divorced now. LisaL Nov 2017 #37

Do not blame her. Demtexan Nov 2017 #39

perhaps Barton and Trump could have a dick contest Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #40

How do men like that pee when they can't see the plumbing without a mirror? L. Coyote Nov 2017 #51

the same way women do Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #63

I weigh significantly more than Barton does Blue_Adept Nov 2017 #68

Making good on his promise. Lars39 Nov 2017 #41

She probably broke the law, but would a jury convict her? I don't think so. FarCenter Nov 2017 #46

Here's the first question I'd like investigators to ask - Vinca Nov 2017 #48

Lest we forget, Smokey Joe voted for Bill Clintons impeachment k Vogon_Glory Nov 2017 #50

Adultery isn't against the law. shanny Nov 2017 #54

So per this law, a married can can be sending you photos of his genitals, even if you didn't ask for LisaL Nov 2017 #57

issue is consenting adults, as was apparently the case shanny Nov 2017 #64

Where does it say so in the actual law? LisaL Nov 2017 #65

which law? which state? there's lots shanny Nov 2017 #66