Congress: Limousine Libertine?

Limousine Libertine?

Known throughout his five congressional terms chiefly for his bombast, Democrat Gus Savage of Chicago is in a peck of trouble. He has been accused by a woman Peace Corps volunteer of engaging in sexual misconduct.

On a junket to Zaire last March, Savage found himself in the company of the 28-year-old volunteer, who was assigned to brief him on Peace Corps activities. She says that during a two-hour tour of the night spots of Kinshasa, Zaire's capital city, Savage fondled her in his chauffeur-driven car and asked for sex. "He kept saying, 'That's the way the world works,' " she...

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