Chris Lee, Craigslist Ex-Congressman, Reportedly Trolled Site For Transgender Women

Gawker is adding another twist in the trials and tribulations of former Rep. Chris Lee (R-N.Y.) Friday, with a report that two D.C.-area transgender women have contacted the publication with stories about making connections with the lawmaker through Craigslist.

Gawker, which broke the original story about Lee's contact with a single woman on the site, reports:

In the past 10 days, two D.C.-area transgender women contacted us, each with a separate story about exchanging emails with the ex-congressman. One sent us an ad that Lee allegedly posted on Craigslist in search of trans women; the other sent us a never-before-seen photo that she says Lee sent her after they started chatting by email. Taken together, they present a possible explanation to those who have wondered why such a tame "sex scandal" forced Lee's hand so quickly.

In January, Lee sought to bring a conclusion to what was largely considered one of the shortest Capitol Hill scandals of all time when he abruptly resigned just hours after the release of a picture and email correspondence with a single Maryland mother.

For more on the story, check out Gawker.

Comments

[conscioushope]

07:50 AM on 03/03/2011

Somehow we all knew there was more........

[TimFromLA]

04:16 AM on 03/03/2011

So Christopher Lee was cheating with another woman. Why the Hell did he marry?

[Sharon Musgrave]

03:04 PM on 02/28/2011

...and ASSuming all transgenders like men. NOT!!

[novabird]

12:38 PM on 02/28/2011

Fundamentalist family values in public, fun and games behind closed doors.

[realitybaby]

10:58 AM on 02/28/2011

well ya hada know there was more behind it - ahh and the wife she's still sticking by his side?

[kopanko]

10:11 AM on 02/28/2011

In the words of Cenk, "OF COOOOOOOOURSE!"

Of course, of course of course! Why do you imagine he resigned immediately? A Republican in a sex scandal--an unconsummated one at that? Please. You _KNOW_ something is up.

[seal62]

03:10 AM on 02/28/2011

JC on roller skates ,,to each his own but dang ,,

[DKAnise365]

02:20 AM on 02/28/2011

he is representing his real constituents!

[Tootsie56]

12:21 AM on 02/28/2011

Man, ya gonna do the crime, ya gotta do the time. I feel for his family though. Hope he doesn't pull a Markoff.

[bynddrvn5]

10:20 PM on 02/27/2011

Yet another hypocrite Republican/Tea Party member. The entire party must be in the closet!

Wonder if the transsexual he claims to have dated in Orange Country, CA will show up on a talk show soon? His wife would love that, although she is probably more worried that he may not have practiced safe sex while he was sleeping around.

[bluguy8]

12:52 PM on 02/28/2011

I can hear those feet tapping now

[kimbanyc]

08:09 PM on 02/27/2011

Another TeaPottyRepublican't Exceptionalist

[OlongapoEd]

04:34 PM on 02/27/2011

I doubt very much if more than a tiny minority of those on the right cares about this. Such is the state of politics in the US.

[anothervoice]

08:37 AM on 02/28/2011

It's not that they don't care - they put their dogma ahead of their common sense. Very easy for them to compartmentalize particular indiscretions for the sake of the movement.

Kind of the definition of hypocrisy - isn't it?

[Manny S]

03:43 PM on 02/28/2011

yes yes and yes...

[Hardyman1966]

04:18 PM on 02/27/2011

The moral of the story:

People CLAIMING to be "conservative" and possess "values" basically wish they could be like the people they protest against so much.  Daily.  With lotion, even.

[franwnyc]

03:43 PM on 02/27/2011

It's always the conservative republicans isn't it?
Their motto should be "Do as I say, not as I do"!

[cliffstep]

04:09 PM on 02/27/2011

Considering his - and his party's stance on citizens' sexual lifestyles , maybe that should be, "Do whom I choose , not whom I choose to do."

[Hoosierbrad]

07:48 PM on 02/27/2011

That has always been the conservatives' memo!

[indothinker]

02:48 PM on 02/27/2011

::sigh:: they never post my comments and i live next door to this guys district...