Rep. Gregory Meeks: John Conyers should step down as top Judiciary Committee Democrat during ethics probe

Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., said Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., should step down as the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee while the House Committee on Ethics investigates allegations of sexual harassment against him.

“I really think that probably the appropriate thing right now is he should step down as the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee and be subject to this ethics investigation so it can be determined whether or not there’s a practice or pattern, and then appropriate consideration should be made at that time as soon as the Ethics Committee finishes its review,” Meeks told CNN on Wednesday.