Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: (CNN) A former top communications aide to Democratic Rep. John Conyers of Michigan offered a defense of his former boss amid Tuesday growing allegations of sexual harassment, saying it wasn't uncommon for staffers to accidentally see the congressman in his underwear. One former employee, Melanie Sloan, came forward with allegations last week, including one instance where Conyers called her to his office when he was in his underwear. "I was pretty taken aback to see my boss half-dressed," she told The Washington Post. "I turned on my heel and I left." Bob Weiner, who served as Conyers' communications director from 1994 to 2000, spoke to reporters and photographers assembled outside the Congressman's office, disputing Sloan's allegations.Bob Weiner served as Conyers' communications director from 1994 to 2000Weiner defended Conyers' "surly moments" with staffers 
 Question:Through his lawyer, _ also denied wrongdoing in that case.

John Conyers