Article snippet: Sen. MORE (D-Minn.) resigned from the Senate on Thursday in a defiant speech in which he said some accusations of sexual misconduct against him were not true, while others he remembered differently. Franken, who faced enormous pressure from his own colleagues to step down, insisted he had done nothing to bring "dishonor" to the Senate since joining the body in 2009. He also expressed confidence that an ethics panel would have cleared him. “I know in my heart that nothing I have done as a senator, nothing, has brought dishonor on this institution, and I am confident that the Ethics Committee would agree," he said from the Senate floor. "Nevertheless, today I am announcing that in the coming weeks I will be resigning as a member of the United States Senate.” Roughly two dozen Democratic senators, as well as GOP Sen. MORE (Ariz.), sat at their desks in the Senate chamber to listen to Franken’s remarks, and several members went up and hugged him after he finished speaking. Franken defended his legacy, describing himself as a "champion of women." "I know there’s been a very different picture of me painted over the last few weeks, but I know who I really am,” he added. He also criticized a political system that would get rid of him while allowing MORE to remain in office and Republican Roy Moore to continue campaigning as a candidate for the Senate. "I of all people am aware that there is some irony in the fact that I am leaving, while a man who has bragged on tape a... Link to the full article to read more