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This video comes a day after she announced her resignation on Sunday, and five days after the House Ethics Committee announced it would investigate her for allegedly having a sexual relationship with the office staffer in violation of House rules. While Hill denied the allegation, she did acknowledge having a sexual relationship with a campaign staffer when she was running for Congress in 2018.

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PHOTO: Rep. Katie Hill, D-Calif., left, attends a House Oversight and Reform Committee business meeting in Rayburn Building in Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2019.
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In her video, Hill blames right-wing media, Republican opponents, and her husband – whom she is in the process of divorcing – for politicizing and publishing nude photos of her, along with photos that purport to show her using drugs. While Hill says she never claimed to be perfect, she said she never thought her \"imperfections would be weaponized.\"

“I will also take up a new fight,” Hill said in her video. “I will fight to ensure that no one else has to live through what I just experienced. Some people call this electronic assault, digital exploitation. Others call it revenge porn. As a victim of it, I call it one of the worst things we can do to our sisters and our daughters.”

“I’m hurt,” Hill continued. “I’m angry. The path that I saw so clearly for myself is no longer there.”

Hill was a leader of the Democratic freshman class, and one of the first openly bisexual members of Congress. Hill vows that she will not let her own experience scare off other women and girls from running for office, and that she will get \"right back up in the saddle\" from the horse that threw her.

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PHOTO: Rep. Katie Hill. D-CA. speaks during a news conference on April 9, 2019 in Washington, D.C.
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In a statement issued by Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday, Pelosi recognized Hill’s leadership along with her ‘errors in judgement.’

“She has acknowledged errors in judgement that made her continued services as a Member untenable,” Pelosi’s statement said. “We must ensure a climate of integrity and dignity in the Congress, and in all workplaces.”

Less than 24 hours after Hill announced her congressional seat would be open, Assemblywoman Christy Smith of California, also a Democrat, announced she would run for Hill’s seat in Congress in 2020.

“After much encouragement from community members, neighborhood leaders, activists, parents, veterans and working people across this district, over the last several days, it's been made clear to me that the people of the 25th Congressional District want and need a new voice to fight for them in Washington,” Smith announced. “That's why today I am proud to announce that I am running for Congress.”

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