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Tim Mahoney - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 18th Oct, 2008 - 6:12pm
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US representative admits "multiple" affairs but no crimes
Tim Mahoney
Another scandal of a US representative. In this case, he has no problem to admit he had "multiple" affairs but yes, he had to apologize to his wife and family.
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| PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - you.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney, embroiled in an adultery scandal and a tight race for re-election, admitted Friday to having at least two affairs but insisted he broke no laws and did not violate his oath of office. The first-term Democrat conceded that one of the affairs began as he was running on a family values platform to replace Mark Foley, a Republican who resigned amid revelations that he sent lurid Internet messages to male pages who had worked on Capitol Hill as teenagers. Mahoney, 52, apologized to his wife, his daughter and his constituents, even as he maintained he hadn't been hypocritical. "I can understand why people would feel that way and for those people, all I can say is, 'I'm sorry I let you down,"' Mahoney said in his first set of interviews since news broke earlier this week that he had a sexual relationship with Patricia Allen, 50, whom he met while campaigning in 2006. Allen went to work for Mahoney's congressional office, then his campaign. Mahoney said she was fired for performance issues, not because of the affair. Allen threatened to sue Mahoney for sexual harassment. They reached a settlement to avoid a public airing, with her payout coming from Mahoney's personal accounts, not from campaign funds or federal dollars, he said.... |
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You'll be amazed how many of those reps are zipping down to all kinds of women when they're away from home. That's what this country is about money, power and vice. Only when you're caught then you're bad.
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