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Rep. John Conyers hospitalized amid sex harassment accusations, calls for resignation

DETROIT — Embattled Rep. John Conyers was hospitalized Thursday with what a family spokesman called a stress-related illness amid accusations that the 88-year-old sexually harassed several women who worked for him and growing calls for his resignation, according to multiple reports.

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Political consultant and family friend Sam Riddle told reporters that Conyers was hospitalized due to stress,

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Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) questions witnesses during a House Judiciary Committee hearing concerning the oversight of the U.S. refugee admissions program, on Capitol Hill, October 26, 2017 in Washington, DC.