Gallery: Senatorial candidate Al Franken passed in front of his seventh grade class portrait as he stretched out his arms to give Dave Griffin a hug after Griffin introduced Franken at a rally at St. Louis Park Junior High School in 2007.
Gallery: Comedian and writer Al Franken is shown in a high school photo.
Gallery: Photo courtesy of Tom Davis Tom Davis, Jerry Garcia, and Al Franken in Wheaton, IL recording the "live" music soundtrack for bar scene for One More Saturday Night, aka Date Night
Gallery: Al Franken and his comedy partner Tom Davis in 1982.
Gallery: Comedian Al Franken and actor Miguel Ferrer pose for photographers at the The New York Friars Club Roast, in New York, on Friday Oct. 6, 2000.The New York Friars Club met to honor actor/director Rob Reiner.
Gallery: In this image provided by the U.S. Army, then-comedian Al Franken and sports commentator Leeann Tweeden perform a comic skit at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 16, 2006, during the USO Sergeant Major of the Army's 2006 Hope and Freedom Tour. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., apologized Nov. 16, 2017, after Tweeden accused him of forcibly kissing her during the 2006 USO tour. Colleagues, including fellow Democrats, urged a Senate ethics investigation. Tweeden also accused Franken of posing for a photo with his hands on her breasts as she slept, while both were performing for military personnel two years before the one-time comedian was elected to the Senate.
Gallery: Al Franken talks about his fictional run for president in his book, "Why Not Me?" in 2003.
Gallery: Al Franken cracked up DFL House Caucus members as he joined them at the table and listened to new House members tell about their campaigns and elections in 2005.
Gallery: ELIZABETH FLORES ¥ eflores@startribune.com August 28, 2007 - Falcon Heights, MN - Senatorial candidate Al Franken held a dog as a young supporter Skylar Newmann, 4, of Wayzata pets it after giving the weather report for Eyewitness News 5 at the Minnesota State Fair. His wife Franni, right, joined for a day of campaigning.
Gallery: Former President Bill Clinton headlined a get-out-the-vote spoke rally for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama and U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken Thursday night at the Minneapolis Convention Center in 2008.
Gallery: U.S. Senatorial candidate Al Franken campaigned at Polly’s Coffee Cove in St. Paul in 2008, where a re-run of a Saturday Night Live episode featuring a character played by Franken, was playing.
Gallery: U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken attended the Women For Franken event at the home of Cathy Bogolub in St. Paul in 2008.
Gallery: Senate debate among Norm Coleman, Al Franken and Dean Barkley in Romano Gym at University of Minnesota-Duluth in 2008.
Gallery: Minnesota Senatorial candidate Al Franken, center, made his favorite chicken and rice dish with his daughter Thomasin, left, and his wife Franni Bryson at their Minneapolis home in 2008.
Gallery: Al Franken, with his wife Franni by his side, addressed the media on Monday after The State Canvassing Board certified the results of the U.S. Senate recount showing Democrat Al Franken with a 225-vote advantage over incumbent Republican Norm Coleman on Monday, January 5, 2009, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Gallery: It was all smiles for Al Franken and his wife Franni as they arrived on Capitol Hill for his first public appearance as Minnesota U.S. Senator.
Gallery: Al Franken was sworn in as newly named Minnesota Senator by Vice President Joseph Biden in the old Senate Chambers of the Capitol.
Gallery: Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. meets with Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 18, 2010.
Gallery: Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., left, talks with Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., during the "Hot Dish Off," cooking contest in Franken's office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011.
Gallery: Sen. Al Franken, Lt. Gov. Tina Smith and Rep. Betty McCollum look on as Sen. Amy Klobuchar, left, addressed those gathered in a get-out-the-vote rally in 2014.
Gallery: In 2014, Senator Al Franken leaped in the air as he told a story about how late Senator Paul Wellstone would cheer on his son David at cross country meets and asked supporters to "be my Paul" when they cheer him on. He rallied DFL supporters at the Last Turn Saloon in Brainerd, MN with Congressman Rick Nolan and State Reps Joe Radinovich and John Ward.
Gallery: President Barack Obama visited a Project CARE class with Secretery Thomas Perez and Senator Al Franken, Friday, June 27, 2014 in Minneapolis, MN. The class provides young mothers training in customer service and sales occupations followed by paid internships. The program is part of HIRED, a community based organization in North Minneapolis that helps people train for and find jobs.
Gallery: Sen Al Franken waited to take the stage in victory with wife Franni on election night in 2014.
Gallery: Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Sarah Silverman speak at the Wells Fargo Center on the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 25, 2016.
Gallery: Sen. Al Franken shook hands with Sa'ad Musse Roble, center, with the World Peace Organization, and Omer Abdi Nur, visiting from Michigan, after Franken spoke to the more than 1,000 people in attendance at Tuesday night's support rally in 2017.
Gallery: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, left, talks with Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., foreground, and the Committee's ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. talks with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 3, 2017, prior to the start of the committee's hearing to advance the nomination of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.
Gallery: FBI Director James Comey shakes hands with Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., as committee members, from left, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., watch as Comey arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, to testify before the committee's hearing: "Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation."
Gallery: In this Nov. 27, 2017 photo, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington. Franken is denying an accusation by a former Democratic congressional aide that he tried to forcibly kiss her after a taping of his radio show in 2006.
Gallery: Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., points to a question as he speaks to the media on Capitol Hill, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017 in Washington.
Gallery: Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., returns to his office after talking to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017.
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