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Cox: Fieger made threat over affair
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| News Date | Friday, November 11, 2005 03:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In one of the most bizarre events in recent Michigan political history, Attorney General Mike Cox announced Wednesday he had an extramarital affair and accused the state's most famous attorney, Geoffrey Fieger, of threatening to expose him unless Cox dropped an investigation into Fieger's alleged violation of campaign-finance laws.
"A number of years ago, I was unfaithful to my wife, Laura," an emotional Cox said at a news conference, as his teary-eyed wife stood by his side in his Detroit office. "What I did was inexcusable and it was entirely my fault."
Cox said he told his wife about the affair in 2003, three months after he took office.
Fieger denied Cox's claims, calling them "amazingly sick."
On Wednesday, Fieger issued a news release saying Cox was "making accusations against myself and others to deflect his guilt. I have been blamed for a lot of things, but this is the first time I have been blamed for another man cheating on his wife." |
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