CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A Hamilton County judge is reviewing
transcripts of divorce proceedings of U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais to
decide whether sealed records should be released to the public before
Tuesday's election.
DesJarlais, a freshman
Republican whose re-election platform includes his opposition to
abortion rights, has been under fire since a transcript emerged of a
phone conversation in which he urged a mistress to seek an abortion.
The congressman has said he
was only using strong language to get the woman to admit she wasn't
pregnant, and that both he and his first wife, Susan, were seeing other
people while their 2001 divorce was being finalized.
Gerard Stranch, a Tennessee
Democratic Party attorney who filed the motion, said he expects a
decision from Judge Jacqueline Bolton later in the day.
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