Another C St. roomie accused of affair

The wife of former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) has accused her husband of having an affair. If true, Pickering’s affair would make him the third affiliate of a certain DC townhouse shared by Christian politicians to have had an affair.

Pickering’s wife, who made the claim in a lawsuit filed this week against her husband, alleges that the affair took place while Pickering was in Congress and living at a boarding house of sorts on C St, the same house where Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) currently lives. The house doubles as a Christian fellowship, with lawmakers meeting there for bible study and prayer sessions. Mark Sanford sought counsel there in the aftermath of his much publicized infidelity.

Reps. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) and Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.) along with Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) also live in the C St. residence. Coburn has come under fire for trying to help Ensign deal with his secretive affair with a former aide.

For more on the “C St. House,” see this Washington Post article.