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Montana Sen. Max Baucus nominated own mistress, Melodee Hanes, as U.S.
attorney
Saturday, December 5th 2009,
4:00 AM
Ghanbari/AP
Sen. Max Baucus nominated
his mistress to the a Montana U.S. attorney, his spokesperson said on
Friday.
Sen. Max Baucus was
having an extramarital affair with a woman he nominated to be U.S. attorney in Montana, the
senator's spokesman admitted Friday night.
The Montana Democrat nominated Melodee Hanes, who
was Baucus' state office director, and three others to the post in March,
spokesman Tyler Matsdorf said.
The two began having an affair in the summer of 2008, Matsdorf said.
He said the senator was separated from his wife when he gave Hanes' name to
the White House.
Baucus, the chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee, and his wife have since split.
"Sen. Baucus is currently in a mature and happy relationship with Melodee
Hanes. They are both divorced, and in no way was their relationship the cause of
their respective divorces," said Matsdorf.
Hanes later removed her name from nomination and took a job in the Justice
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