Rep. Katie Porter blamed staffer for infecting her with COVID-19

By Virginia Aabram

Published December 29, 2022 10:47pm ET

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Rep. Katie Porter blamed staffer for infecting her with COVID-19 — Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2022. The congresswoman had called the Irvine Police Department a "disgrace" after it arrested the man she was living with for allegedly assaulting a protester at her town hall event in July 2021. | (Andrew Harnik/AP)

Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) is under scrutiny after a former staffer released a text exchange in which the congresswoman blamed her for giving her COVID-19.

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