NEWS 28 - Embattled Senator Joey Rigg made an agreement with Senate and House Leadership to remain in office until 2025, where he will be forced to leave Congress. He has already issued that he suspended his 2025 Senate campaign and will no longer be in that race. He also agreed to remain in Jesstopia until he leaves office.
The agreement was made between House Speaker Gretchen LeWolf, Senate Majority Leader Larry Cofelt and Senate Minority Leader Harry Rodham, who hasn't made a statement about the agreement.
Senate Majority Leader Larry Cofelt issued a statement about the agreement made between the Senate and the House.
"Early this morning both the Senate and the House agreed to a tentative agreement with Senator Rigg that will allow him to remain in power until 2025, and that agreement includes him not seeking reelection, leaving Congress at the end of his term and remaining in the United States Of Jesstopia until his term expires," said Senate Majority Leader Larry Cofelt. "This agreement allows us to focus on what's important and that is delivering for the Jesstopian people. We won't have to focus our attention and energy on finding his replacement and voting on that now. We believe this to be the right course to take."
House Speaker Gretchen LeWolf also issued a statement about the agreement and the statement had undertones of anger.
"While we most definitely reached the tentative agreement to have him end his reelection bid, and allow him to carry out the remainder of his term," said Gretchen LeWolf. "I am still angered that he abused his power and sexual assaulted a woman. When we made the agreement he signed an affidavit saying he won't leave the country until he leaves the Senate. This was put in place to ensure he couldn't hurt anyone else overseas and here in this country. We are ending our impeachment inquiry."
Nationalist Senatorial Candidate Tom Brosnik announced that he was hopeful that he could defeat the incumbent, but says he is changing his strategy to win the second seat of the Senate, which is currently held by Senator Rigg.
"I feel this decision should have been made by a vote, whether he should continue his role as a Senator or be impeached," said Tom Brosnik. "I agree that he should end his bid for reelection and glad he did, however I would have really liked to defeated him. But the agreement they made was positive and I hope he learns that sexual assault is not okay."