Journalism

Some of the two dozen state lawmakers across the country who have been accused of sexual harassment or misconduct since the start of 2017 and have resigned or been removed from office as of March 2018. ÐTop row from left: Alaska Rep. Dean Westlake, Arizona Rep. Don Shooter, California Assemblyman Matt Dababneh and Colorado Rep. Steve Lebsock. ÐMiddle row from left: Florida Sen. Jack Latvala, Mississippi Rep. John Moore, Nevada Sen. Mark Manendo and Oklahoma Rep. Dan Kirby. ÐBottom row from left are Oklahoma Sen. Ralph Shortey, Oklahoma Sen. Bryce Marlatt, South Dakota Rep. Mathew Wollmann and Utah Rep. Jon Stanard. (AP Photo)

This Feb. 7, 2018, photo, shows Leandra Mulla at her home in Tabor City, N.C., Feb. 7, 2018. As a high school freshman in 2014, Mulla told Army investigators her ex-boyfriend dragged her to a secluded area of their base in Germany and sexually assaulted her. Four years later, she still wonders what came of her report. ( AP Photo / Gerry Broome )

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2007, file photo, a tractor and trailer sit near an outbuilding on a small farm, not far from a cooling tower at the Salem Nuclear Generating Station operated by Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. in Lower Alloways Creek Township, N.J. Lobbyists for New Jersey's largest utility worked with former Gov. Chris Christie's administration to craft a $300 million bail out for nuclear power, while adding language to shield the company's financial information from the public, according to records obtained by The Associated Press. The bill is set for a vote Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, in a state Senate committee. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

In this Jan. 15, 2018 photo, Honduras' new national Police Chief Jose David Aguilar Moran, center, leaves after a ceremony that transferred command to him in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Jan. 15, 2018. When Aguilar took over as Honduras' new national police chief, he promised to continue reforming a law enforcement agency stained by corruption and complicity with drug cartels, but a confidential government security report obtained by the AP says Aguilar himself helped a cartel leader pull off the delivery of nearly a ton of cocaine in 2013. (AP Photo)

For more than three years, he was known only as Mosul Eye, an anonymous blogger documenting Islamic StateÕs atrocities. Now Iraq's Omar Mohammed, shown in Europe, Dec. 5, 2017, wants the world Ð and his family Ð to know his identity. (AP Photo)

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2017, file photo, employee Bryan Herrera holds a makeshift sign that reads, "Out of Gas," as he stands outside the Shell filling station where he works, in north Dallas. Records show that Texas' chief oil and gas regulator Kim Corley was on vacation in the critical days surrounding Hurricane Harvey as fuel shortages became rampant and industrial tanks spilled. Corley is a former Shell Oil executive and was executive director of the Texas Railroad Commission since 2016. Her work calendar obtained by The Associated Press showed her on vacation for at least 11 days before and after Harvey made landfall. Corley abruptly resigned last week. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)