[I]n recent days several Republicans have raised the ethics committee inquiry of Frank, who is gay, as an example of a sex scandal involving a Democratic member of the House.
On MSNBC this week, GOP strategist Brad Blakeman said Frank had "admitted ... running a prostitution ring out of his house." In fact, Frank was cited by the ethics committee in 1990 for fixing a parking ticket and writing a letter to a probation officer on behalf of Steve Gobie, a prostitute he was living with; the committee said Frank had no knowledge of any illegal activity being conducted by Gobie from Frank's townhouse.
