With phony claims of sex for hire and allegations of bugged offices and blackmail, the Courser-Gamrat affair is the craziest story to hit state government in a while. As the fallout continues, Current State talks with MIRS News editor Kyle Melinn to get the latest.
Fallout continues from the botched effort by state representatives Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat to cover up an affair. The controversy has not died down since The Detroit News reported last Friday that Courser had fabricated in an e-mail a fake paid-sex encounter in Lansing to try to soften the disclosure of the extramarital relationship with Gamrat.
Both of the representatives are Tea Party Republicans and are married with children.
Michigan House Speaker Kevin Cotter has had both the representatives’ computers and other records seized to determine if state money was used to cover up the liason.
On Monday, Courser alleged that Cotter had his office bugged, an allegation the House Speaker described as “just ludicrous.”
Current State talks with MIRS News Editor and co-owner Kyle Melinn about the Courser-Gamrat story.