Aide claims Senator Max Baucus nominated girlfriend for US Attorney post

[Karmadillo]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/05/AR2009120500094.html

HELENA, Mont. -- A spokesman for U.S. Sen. Max Baucus says the Montana Democrat was in a romantic relationship with the woman he nominated for U.S. attorney.

Spokesman Ty Matsdorf says Baucus and his former state office director Melodee Hanes began the relationship in the summer of 2008. Baucus nominated Hanes for the U.S. attorney post last March, but she later withdrew her name.