Congressman trent franks biography examples

American politician (born )

Harold Trent Franks^[1][2] (born June 19, ) is an American businessman and former politician who served as the U.S.

representative for Arizona's 8th congressional district from to (numbered as the 2nd district from to ). He is a member of the Republican Party. During his tenure, Franks served as vice chairman of the United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and chairman of the United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.

In December , the House Ethics Committee announced that it would investigate allegations of sexual harassment against Franks.^[3] Franks had repeatedly asked two female staffers to bear his children as surrogate mothers, and allegedly offered one of them $5 million to carry his child and retaliated against her when she declined.^[4][5][6][7] The women feared that Franks want