Jeri is the one who made the *accusation*.
Lets get something straight. What happened in their marriage, and the reasons for the divorce are the matters between the Ryans. It takes a real moron to equate the divorce *accusations* of one party, as the reason or responsibility, as to why the other "lost" a senate seat.
Their divorce happened years before Jack ran for senate. Jeri had nothing to do with it.
Maybe, just maybe, the accusation is true. In that case Jack Ryan has no one to blame but himself.
If Jeri was the one who gave the media the court records, then she could be blamed, as the one slinging mud to damage an ex. But that is not the case.
Basically what you are saying is "Jeri is the one who made the *accusation*." "So she is the one guilty of torpedoing Jacks senate run."