Then this month, another lawmaker, former Republican Rep. Don Gosen, resigned and later admitted he had an extramarital affair with an adult who didn’t work in the Capitol.

Partially in response to last year’s scandals, the Missouri House fast-tracked a package of ethics measures this year, but they have struggled to get through the Senate.

Affidavits submitted by the interns in Cole County Circuit Court detail being approached by an unknown man who made them uncomfortable and, in some cases, would not leave them alone. He was later identified as Poger.

One woman reports repeated comments on her appearance and said Poger walked “in a ‘predatory’ fashion around the interns,” according to an affidavit.

Another details an incident where Poger approached her in the House chamber and pushed the intern pin on her lapel with his finger.

“Is this harassment?” the affidavit says he said.

“Yes, kind of,” the intern reports saying.