Politics & Government
State Rep. Apologizes for Role in Affair Cover Up; Won't Resign
Although she was disappointed by her conducted, Rep. Cindy Gamrat said an investigation will show she did nothing illegal.
The other half of Michigan’s favorite extramarital political couple finally had her public say Friday about this week’s ongoing daytime drama of sex, emails, scandals, cover ups and bogus sex scandal email cover ups.
State Rep. Cindy Gamrat (R-Plainwell) apologized for her conduct involving her illicit affair with fellow State Rep. Todd Courser (R-Lapeer) and the pain it has put her family through, according to a Detroit News report.
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Gamrat also said she would not resign her seat (although she admitted to giving that option some consideration and wouldn’t rule out stepping down at a future date), the report stated. In fact, the lawmaker told reporters that an investigation into her relationship with Courser would clear her of any misconduct and legal wrongdoing.
Friday afternoon’s 10-minute press conference was the first time Gamrat has spoken about the controversy that has dogged Courser and herself recently. In what has already become a national punchline, Courser was caught on an audio recording devising a scheme to send a fake email to state GOP allies in order to draw attention to the relationship he was having with Gamrat. Courser also claims that his admittedly ill-conceived plan was an effort to root out a group that was trying to blackmail him by threatening to reveal his extramarital activities to the public.
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Gamrat did not go into details concerning Courser’s fake email. She did tell reporters that she had no prior knowledge of Courser’s scheme and did not participate or sign off on it.
The state lawmaker’s most interesting remark during her press conference came in Gamrat’s one-word response to a question concerning the current status of her relationship with Courser.
“Professional,” she said.
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