Christopher Lee quits as Congressman due to increasing Craigslist scandal

Congressman Christopher Lee is embroiled in a scandal over leaked photos and emails he sent a woman he met on Craigslist. The incident has prompted him to resign from Congress. Christopher Lee, a NY Republican, was entering his second term in the House. Christopher Lee favored cutting the scandal off at the knees instead of getting plunged into the middle of controversy.

Personal ad response by ‘Craigslist congressman’ leads to issues

Craigslist was where the events began that eventually led Lee to step down from the NY House of Representatives. Photos were leaked to popular site Gawker.com, in accordance with the WA Post. A personal ad was posted by a woman, remaining unnamed, living in Maryland. Christopher Lee responded to it. The woman asked as part of the ad, “will somebody prove to me not all CL men look like toads?” Christopher Lee wrote back saying that he was younger than his actual age of 46 while saying he was a lobbyist on Capitol Hill, although he is in his second term in the House of Representatives. The 2 bantered back and forth, but the ruse was discovered once he sent her photographs of himself.

Photos why Gawker leak occurred

When Christopher Lee sent shirtless photographs of him, his Craigslist correspondent asked if he habitually sent photographs of himself topless, and he said that it was “all I had.”. As the two kept e-mailing each other, eventually she asked about his marital status, to which he replied that he was divorced. Lee is married and has a son. She found out that he was older than 40, a congressman from the 26th District of NY and was married. This was when she looked him up after recognizing the photos a bit. She sent the e-mails and photos to Gawker.com, and the news broke.

Gawker states resignation has to occur

The photos were published on Gawker.com Wednesday, February 9. The news spread like wildfire. After hrs of the news, Lee wrote a letter to John Boehner, who’s the Speaker of the House, saying he was resigning, NPR reports. A little later in the day, the letter was read out loud on the floor by a clerk. Andrew Cuomo, who’s the governor of New York, could have to hold an election to replace him.

Articles cited

Washington Post

washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/09/AR2011020906977.html?nav=hcmoduletmv&sid=ST2011020907393

NPR

npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/02/10/133648332/rep-christopher-lee-resigns-from-congress-after-non-sex-scandal

Gawker

gawker.com/#!5755071/married-gop-congressman-sent-sexy-pictures-to-craigslist-babe