Sen. Max Baucus’ former state director — and now his live-in girlfriend — met at least twice with the senator’s divorce attorney to discuss the Baucuses’ divorce eight months before the senator and his wife, Wanda, separated.
The meetings took place in the summer of 2007, according to billing documents obtained by Lee Newspapers.
Contacted this week by Lee Newspapers and asked about these documents, Wanda Baucus said she knew nothing about those discussions in 2007 and that the couple had never had a discussion about getting a divorce.
“Ending a 25-year marriage is a serious undertaking that should be discussed first within the family” she said. “There’s no justification for the staff being involved in such private matters.”
Melodee Hanes, Baucus’ former chief of staff and current girlfriend, met at least twice with Ron Waterman, the Helena lawyer who worked on the senator’s April 2009 divorce, the billing documents showed. At the time, Hanes was a lawyer and high-ranking aide to the senator.
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