| | Rep. John Conyers is stepping down from his top spot on the House Judiciary Committee as a congressional ethics panel probes sexual harassment allegations against the Michigan Democrat.Conyers again denied the harassment allegations in a statement releasedSunday but said he has requestedto step down as the Judiciary Committee's ranking member."To be clear, I would like very much to remain as ranking member," he said in a statement. "There is still much work to be done on core concerns like securing civil rights, enacting meaningful criminal justice reforms, and protecting access to the ballot box... But I have come to believe that my presence as ranking member on the committee would not serve these efforts while the ethics committee investigation is pending."
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