{"id":16862,"date":"2017-12-13T02:03:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T07:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=16862"},"modified":"2017-12-22T21:03:05","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T02:03:05","slug":"lawmaker-wont-resign-disputes-assault-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2017\/12\/13\/lawmaker-wont-resign-disputes-assault-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmaker Won&#8217;t Resign &#038; Disputes Assault Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16855\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2017\/12\/12\/another-lawmaker-accused-of-sexual-harassment\/dan-johnson\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dan-johnson.jpg?fit=525%2C385&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"525,385\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dan johnson\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dan-johnson.jpg?fit=525%2C385&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dan-johnson.jpg?resize=300%2C220\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dan-johnson.jpg?resize=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dan-johnson.jpg?w=525&amp;ssl=1 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nA Republican state representative in Kentucky says a woman&#8217;s claim that he sexually assaulted her in 2013 has no merit and he won&#8217;t resign.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Dan Johnson made the announcement at his church on Tuesday (12\/12), a day after the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting published a story quoting a woman as saying Johnson had sexually assaulted her in his basement on January 1, 2013. The woman was a member of the church, where he is the pastor. She reported the alleged assault to police, but they closed the case without filing charges.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters at his church, Johnson said he also plans to run for re-election in 2019. Republican and Democratic leaders in the Kentucky House have both asked him to resign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Republican state representative in Kentucky says a woman&#8217;s claim that he sexually assaulted her in 2013 has no merit and he won&#8217;t resign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dan-johnson.jpg?fit=525%2C385&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-4nY","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 20:18:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16863,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16862\/revisions\/16863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}