The sexual harassment disclosures that have hit Hollywood and the media have now hit Capitol Hill, and the latest scandal could cost the longest-serving House member his job.

On Wednesday, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) was asked to resign by his district’s largest newspaper, the Detroit Free Press, after reports that he settled a sexual harassment suit filed by a congressional staffer.

“His tenure as a member of Congress must end — now,” the Free Press editorial board wrote for the Wednesday edition. “He should resign his position and allow the investigation into his behavior to unfold without the threat that it would render him, and the people he now represents, effectively voiceless.”

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The Free Press said a recent report by BuzzFeed made it impossible for Conyers to stay in Congress. On Monday night, BuzzFeed reported that a former staffer was fired after she rebuffed the congressman’s sexual advances. Three other staffers swore to the incident in an affidavit.

The Free Press said the resolution of the claim against Conyers made the situation worse. The woman was reportedly paid $27,111.75 over the course of three months even though she did not show up for work — an arrangement on which she and Conyers had agreed.

Conyers, 88, is the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives, first elected in 1964. He took part in civil rights protests in Selma, Alabama, and fought to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a national holiday. He represents the heavily Democratic District 13, which takes in much of Detroit.

He wielded huge influence from 2007 to 2011 as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and he is still the ranking Democratic member.

But the paper said his time in office should end.

In the editorial, the newspaper’s board acknowledged the work Conyers has done on civil rights, but also admitted he always carried some baggage.

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“He has been an undisputed hero of the civil rights movement, a legislator of uncommon influence and power, and an aging icon whose felonious wife and sometimes-wandering pace have confounded his place in history,” the editorial board wrote.

And Conyers’ wife alone was a big problem, but one voters ignored since 2010.

Monica Conyers pleaded guilty to public corruption charges stemming from a Detroit City Hall scandal in 2009, according to MLive.com. Monica Conyers, a former Detroit city councilwoman, served 27 months in prison. The couple stayed married.