{"id":1718633,"date":"2022-10-31T14:04:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T18:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1718633"},"modified":"2022-10-31T14:04:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T18:04:36","slug":"this-dem-congressman-had-a-years-long-affair-with-an-intern-now-his-ex-wife-says-hes-threatening-her-to-keep-quiet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-dem-congressman-had-a-years-long-affair-with-an-intern-now-his-ex-wife-says-hes-threatening-her-to-keep-quiet\/","title":{"rendered":"This Dem Congressman Had a Years-Long Affair With an Intern. Now, His Ex-Wife Says He\u2019s Threatening Her To Keep Quiet."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthis-dem-congressman-had-a-years-long-affair-with-an-intern-now-his-ex-wife-says-hes-threatening-her-to-keep-quiet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1718633&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">&#8216;He had hundreds of chances to do the right thing but he chose violence,&#8217; Sonya Douglass says of Nevada Rep. Steven Horsford<\/p>\n<p>    Democratic Nevada congressman Steven Horsford \/ Getty Images   <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/collin-anderson\/\" title=\"Posts by Collin Anderson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Collin Anderson<\/a> \u2022 October 31, 2022 2:00 pm  <\/p>\n<p>Roughly two years after Democrat Steven Horsford admitted to a years-long affair with an intern, the Nevada congressman is threatening to take legal action against his ex-wife if she discusses the ordeal publicly, she said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was just minding my business until Steven and his attorney demanded I sign an NDA that would ban me from speaking about my 22-year marriage, his 10-year affair, and our divorce FOREVER,&#8221; Sonya Douglass said of Horsford in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drsonyadouglass\/status\/1586710113603272704?s=20&#038;t=2xNOnroymiHt5ZDPUrNglw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunday morning tweet<\/a>. &#8220;It includes $10,000 fines for each remark or social post. Even to a therapist!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Douglass&#8217;s accusation comes as Horsford navigates a difficult reelection bid against Republican Sam Peters. Douglass said Horsford is &#8220;already blaming&#8221; a prospective loss on her and &#8220;refuses to take responsibility for his own actions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He had hundreds of chances to do the right thing but he chose violence,&#8221; she added. &#8220;But I don&#8217;t respond well to bullying or intimidation so here we are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I was just minding my business \ud83d\udc85\ud83c\udffc until Steven and his attorney demanded I sign an NDA that would ban me from speaking about my 22-year marriage, his 10-year affair, and our divorce FOREVER. It includes $10,000 fines for each remark or social post. Even to a therapist! Y\u2019all! \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sonya Douglass, EdD (@drsonyadouglass) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drsonyadouglass\/status\/1586710113603272704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Horsford in May 2020 acknowledged that he had a years-long extramarital affair with Gabriela Linder. The pair met in 2009, when Linder was a 21-year-old intern for then-U.S. Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.). Horsford was 36 at the time. According to Linder, the affair initially lasted a year and a half before it resumed from 2017 to 2019, when Horsford joined Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The 2020 revelation rocked Horsford&#8217;s campaign, particularly given that the Democrat&#8217;s political website described Horsford as a &#8220;devoted family man.&#8221; At the time, Linder said Horsford should &#8220;step out of public office for some time&#8221; to &#8220;do some atoning.&#8221; But Horsford refused to drop out of the race and went on to secure a second term in Congress, defeating Republican Jim Marchant by 5 points. Horsford is now running for a third term, a decision<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roughly two years after Democrat Steven Horsford admitted to a years-long affair with an intern, the Nevada congressman is threatening to take legal action against his ex-wife if she discusses the ordeal publicly, she said Sunday.<br \/>\nThe post This Dem Congressman Had a Years-Long Affair With an Intern. 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