"Pro-life" Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA-18) urged mistress to get an abortion

[Arkansas Yankee]

I seems being nasty was the cause of Murphy stepping down. In a quick review I did not see this reason posted.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/7/1705083/-PA-18-Tim-Murphy-isn-t-out-because-he-s-a-hypocrite-it-s-because-he-was-an-abusive-boss

It is hard to believe that anyone would just be nasty like this in an office anyone posting here would love to have.

[Arkansas Yankee]

I seems being nasty was the cause of Murphy stepping down. In a quick review I did not see this reason posted.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/7/1705083/-PA-18-Tim-Murphy-isn-t-out-because-he-s-a-hypocrite-it-s-because-he-was-an-abusive-boss

It is hard to believe that anyone would just be nasty like this in an office anyone posting here would love to have.

He resigned for a scandal about him having a mistress, who he forced to have an abortion.

The Daily Kos says he resigned due to staff abuse charges. As a left of center person I thought you would accept the Daily Kos as a source.

Another article

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Murphy_(American_politician)

confirms this.  Murphy announced he would not run in 2018 on 10/4 due to the abortion, marital, affair, and divorce mess.  In the next 24 hours he was hit with staff abuse charges. On 10/5 the leadership decided those charges would have to be investigated.  To avoid the distraction the leadership asked him to resign.  He did so on 10/21.

Actually the abuse charges I think were worse than the other charges.  I actually do not think the House would even have investigated the marital/divorce charges as their were no charges of abuse.  

I do not think House ever investigates divorces or marital affairs were no abuse is charged.  They probably would not be able to investigate anything else, if they did.