Because one of the former staffers (the husband?) was attempting to blackmail him.
And what kind of classified information did this guy have access to?
“Because one of the former staffers (the husband?) was attempting to blackmail him.”
I read that it was the husband who was asking for money. Also said that the affair occurred when they were separated, if that lessens the taint any. John Edwards can father a child while his wife is dying of cancer and no one says a word, but God forbid a Republican do something that pales in comparison.