Buffalo Congressman Chris Lee abruptly resigned Wednesday after a gossip web site, Gawker, reported that the married congressman sent flirtatious messages to a woman he met on Craigslist.
Gawker reported Wednesday that Lee responded to an ad from a 34-year-old woman posted in the "Women for Men" section of Craigslist in January.
The woman said she was seeking "financially & emotionally secure" men who don't "look like toads."
Lee apparently responded to the ad claiming to be a divorced, 39-year-old lobbyist who described himself as a "fit fun classy guy."
He sent the woman two photographs of himself, including one in which he is shirtless and flexing.
When the woman discovered that Lee is actually married, 46 years old and a member of Congress, she sent the correspondence and pictures to Gawker.
In a letter read by the clerk on the House floor, Lee said his resignation was effective immediately.
In an statement posted on his website Lee said he regrets "the harm that my actions have caused my family, my staff and my constituents."
Lee is in his second term in Congress and represents a district in suburban Buffalo.
He sits on the House Financial Services Committee
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