Tearful Michigan lawmaker breaks silence in email scandal
Source: CNN
(CNN)The other half of an alleged affair in the Michigan Statehouse that resulted in a bizarre fake email about soliciting a male prostitute broke her silence on Friday -- tearfully apologizing and denying any knowledge of the scheme.
Michigan state Rep. Cindy Gamrat spoke with the media for the first time since one of her fellow lawmakers, state Rep. Todd Courser, released a rambling 27-minute audio file apologizing for sending out an email under a pseudonym fabricating a story he solicited a male prostitute, apparently in an attempt to provide cover for an affair he was having with Gamrat.
Though neither Courser nor Gamrat have confirmed the affair, Courser apologized to her and her family in the message and both said they have been working through the issues privately with their spouses and children.
"I want to apologize for the negative attention this has brought, for that I am truly sorry," Gamrat said Friday, fighting tears throughout her news conference at a law firm. "I am sincerely sorry that I have disappointed so many by my actions."
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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/14/politics/michigan-lawmaker-fake-prostitute-email/index.html
but she still won't resign...
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)and win.
Chakab
(1,727 posts)Attorney in Texas
(3,373 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)louis-t
(23,309 posts)irisblue
(33,047 posts)Holland is a stronghold of Calvinist theology, she will have a hard time keeping her seat.
greenman3610
(3,947 posts)"I found Jesus" card.
hatrack
(59,599 posts)Does he keep escaping?
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)...then as soon as the morgue is empty...
Gone.
Bryce Butler
(338 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Hell, they could run as a ticket, if one of them pulled a Cheney and moved out of state.
CTyankee
(63,926 posts)Anybody have a theory why this guy made up that story to "provide cover"? Couldn't he just have said he was walking the Appalachian Trail or something?
gatorboy
(10,053 posts)He apparently has a history of doing this:
http://wonkette.com/592784/michigan-teabagger-fornicator-also-accused-himself-of-child-molestation-for-jesus
truthisfreedom
(23,163 posts)LibertyLover
(4,788 posts)but he's a creepy, weirdo, Christo-nutjob teabagger and serial liar. I hope his constituents are proud and happy.
CTyankee
(63,926 posts)He is seriously unbalanced mentally.