BREAKING: Senator Al Franken resigning

WASHINGTON D.C. (WTVQ) – Democratic Senator Al Franken is resigning from the U.S. Senate following allegations that he touched women inappropriately.

Franken made that announcement in a speech on the Senate floor Thursday.

Franken has been under intense pressure to resign after at least eight women accusing him of sexual misconduct.

The Minnesota senator’s support among fellow Democrats diminished even more on Wednesday after a woman accused Franken of trying to forcibly kiss her in 2006 and another woman said he inappropriately squeezed her waist while posing for a photo with her in 2009.

A tweet on Franken’s Twitter account Wednesday evening said Franken was talking with his family, and any report of a final decision his future was inaccurate.