John Diehl was Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives. When news broke that he had been sexting with a nineteen-year-old intern, he resigned.
“I take full responsibility for my actions and am truly sorry to those I let down, I apologize for the poor judgment I displayed that put me and those closest to me in this situation.”
She was nineteen, but she was an intern in the State House of Representatives.
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