Disgraced Michigan lawmaker resigns in sex scandal, another expelled

CNN ^ | September 11, 2015 | Tom LoBianco,

[Clintonfatigued]

The Michigan lawmakers at the center of a sex scandal at the Statehouse were forced out by angry colleagues early Friday morning, following hours of heated debate.

Rep. Todd Courser resigned his House seat at 3:12 a.m., according to the Detroit Free-Press, and one hour later Rep. Cindy Gamrat, his colleague with whom he reportedly had an affair, was expelled by the legislature on a 91-12 vote.

The moves came just a day after Courser apologized for the affair, as a 90-minute recording was played for lawmakers in which he asked his staffer to concoct a bizarre cover-up story alleging that he was a drug and porn addict who paid for sex with men.

The expulsion of Gamrat and forced resignation of Courser come one week after House investigators determined both lawmakers had lied about their relationship and their knowledge of the cover-up.

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"It's an unfortunate chapter where we're at, but it's time to turn a page and go in a different direction and obviously heal, in my own house and in this body as well," Courser told the Free-Press Friday morning. "It's been hell."

[Clintonfatigued]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EDvabyo620

[SMGFan]

actually had to search to learn they were both GOP.

[knarf]

[OLDCU]

Honestly, who knows or would ever want to be around people that think and act like this?

[dfwgator]

Buh Bye, Scum.

[cripplecreek]

Glad that's done.



Michigan legislative action thread

[Impy]

An adult man and woman, engaging in consensual heterosexual activity? Good for them.

If not for the bizzaro cover up (WTF? I think the dude must have been an drugs to think up that nonsense) I’d not give 2 sh’ites.

Hopefully we’ll hold the seats, that’s what’s important.

[Teacher317]

Scum? A man in his 40's had sex with a woman in her 40s. Given all of the truly vile scandals of Congresspersons in the past, I don't think this rises to the level of "scum". Dumb, sure... but "scum"?

Maybe you have an issue with them being self-identified TEA Party folks in Michigan?

[Secret Agent Man]

They both have to be democrats, no party was mentioned by the liberal media.

[sagar]

"Hopefully we’ll hold the seats, that’s what’s important."

Don't worry. "We" will.

[sagar]

“They both have to be democrats, no party was mentioned by the liberal media.”

They are closeted democrats.

[Secret Agent Man]

Perhaps they are Rinos that self-identify as democrats.

[madison10]

No, they are Republicans.

[cripplecreek]

No doubt they put themselves in this position but that’s the way politics work. Any dirt is collected and used to maximum effectiveness.

Had they been lockstep GOPe types this would have been quietly handled and nobody would be out.

[SMGFan]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Gamrat GOP, Tea Party

[Savage Beast]

"A drug and porn addict who pays to have sex with men" is the cover-up story for a heterosexual affair??? Is this The Twilight Zone???

[Kirkwood]

So he wanted to be considered a homosexual porn and drug addict as opposed to a run of the mill heterosexual in an affair? Strange times we live in.

[Savage Beast]

I agree. An adult man and an adult woman? What’s the problem?

[sagar]

Sure. That makes sense.