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By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2017 file photo, Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington. The disgraced former Texas congressman who resigned last year amid sexual harassment allegations has quit his $160,000-a-year lobbyist position for a port authority. The Victoria Advocate reports Farenthold is no longer representing the Calhoun Port Authority, which announced his resignation Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh File, File)

Ex-Texas Rep. Farenthold quits lucrative port lobbying job

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FILE - in this Dec. 19, 2017 file photo, Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington. Former Rep. Farenthold has accepted a $160,000 annual salary to lobby for a Texas port, mere weeks after resigning amid fallout from a sexual harassment scandal. The Calhoun Port Authority announced Monday May 14, 2018, that Farenthold would promote its interests in Washington. He quit in April, as the House Ethics Committee investigated his using $84,000 in taxpayer funds to settle an ex-staffer's 2014 sexual harassment claim. Farenthold pledged to reimburse that, but hasn't. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh File)

Disgraced ex-Texas congressman takes lucrative lobbying post

By WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press