Opinion: You Can Redact the Name — But Not the Story

By Andy Parrish

As I see it, I’m Andy Parrish. Nancy Mace’s resolution H.R. 1100 would require the U.S. House Committee on Ethics to release all investigative records from all sexual misconduct cases involving all members of Congress.

Sounds like everybody should be behind that… But anyone who’s worked around investigations, and especially with the House Ethics Committee knows this reality.

You can redact the names, but the details and the story still reveal exactly who the victim is. The statement of facts often starts with something like this: “Victim A worked from this date to that date in the office of congressmen, so and so.”

And in a congressional office, folks, it doesn’t take too long for those dots to get connected.

If Congress really did want to shed some sunlight on their misconduct, they’d have safeguards in place that would guarantee the victims wouldn’t be exposed directly or indirectly by the people who victimized them.

Because the last thing we should do while holding powerful people accountable is make the victims relive it once again.

As I see it, I’m Andy Parrish.

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