Irrelevant. Franken said he would resign. His replacement has been named. Absolutely no reason for him to still be holding office. I didn't tell him to resign, and damn near every person posting here stated that he was being railroaded. It was the feminist left that pushed for him to resign, which now appears to have been a ploy.
This was a pure political move to get in front of the Moore election. Lefties misread the tea leaves and Moore lost. What to do? 5 will get you 10 that Franken is colluding with other democrats, especially the females, and biding time waiting to see what Mueller comes up with. Trump actually takes a hit in some fashion and this little groping bullshit will be so back burner Franken will be a non story. He'll come out and say that after careful consideration he has decided to stay on, let the ethics committee do their thing, and have the good people of Minnesota decide his fate in the upcoming election, which is what he should have done in the first place if not for the political gamesmanship. All this being done with the full knowledge and approval of the democratic females in congress. The only question is how to drive the media narrative to sell the bullshit.