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In reply to the discussion: I can hardly believe the amount of power some here are willing to cede to anonymous or virtually [View all]LisaL
(46,144 posts)had this relationship while he was married. If he retires, because he is in a mostly republican area, we won't pick up the seat.
But regarding his marital status, there he is in his own words.
"Said Barton: I would tell them that I had a three-year undercover relationship with you over the Internet that was heavily sexual and that I had met you twice while married and had sex with you on two different occasions and that I exchanged inappropriate photographs and videos with you that I wouldnt like to be seen made public, that you still apparently had all of those and were in position to use them in a way that would negatively affect my career. Thats the truth."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/congressman-told-woman-he-would-report-her-to-capitol-police-if-she-exposed-his-secret-sex-life/2017/11/22/e3345862-cf10-11e7-a1a3-0d1e45a6de3d_story.html