Wanda Baucus, dragged into the spotlight by the revelation that her divorce from Sen. Max Baucus of Montana may have been plotted partly by his staffer-turned-girlfriend, once spoke out on behalf of Anita Hill during Clarence Thomas' contentious Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
Wendy Baucus said at the time that Hill had suffered at the hands of senators acting like "a bunch of thugs."
Now Wendy Baucus is suffering at the hand of her ex-husband, after a Lee Newspapers report on billing documents that show Sen. Baucus' former state director, Melodee Hanes, met at least twice with his divorce attorney eight months before the Baucuses separated.
The two divorced in April. Hanes now is Sen. Baucus' live-in girlfriend.
In happier times, Wanda Baucus was an outspoken advocate for women working on Capitol Hill. In an interview with the Alicia Patterson Foundation two years after Thomas' sensational 1991 confirmation hearings, Baucus revealed that she had defended Hill, whose accusation of sexual harassment against Thomas was met by skepticism from senators.
Read on.
And divorce lawyer consulted Melodee Hanes.
Main Justice:
The Montana newspaper quoted from billing records submitted by Baucus’s lawyer, Ronald F. Waterman, in Helena. Main Justice obtained a copy of the billing records. Click here to see them.
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