Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) on Friday reached a settlement in a workplace retaliation lawsuit against her, with an agreement that no law had been broken, according to the Associated Press.
{mosads}Duckworth, who is running to unseat Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), was sued by two employees of a veterans’ home. They alleged that she had used her power while she was head of the state’s Department of Veterans Affairs to try to fire one of them, while giving the other a bad review.
“Today’s resolution is appropriate for what was always a frivolous workplace case that dragged on over eight years and was dismissed in whole or in part multiple times, and Tammy appreciates the hard work and professionalism of the lawyers in the Attorney General’s office,” Duckworth’s deputy campaign manager Matt McGrath said in a statement.
Duckworth was represented by the state’s attorney general’s office, who agreed as part of the settlement to pay the plaintiffs’ attorney fees and other court costs, which total $26,000.
Kirk, who is seen as one the GOP’s most vulnerable senators this cycle, has blasted Duckworth over the lawsuit, and his campaign manager called the settlement clear evidence that there was wrongdoing.
“We now know that there are 26,000 reasons why Tammy Duckworth was guilty,” Kevin Artl said in a statement.
“The simple truth is that if Tammy Duckworth was innocent, she would not have settled this case. Instead of taking the stand and testifying, Duckworth has chosen to stay silent and settle the case at taxpayer expense in order to hide from the truth.”
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