Fox News has learned that in 2008 Rep. Mark Souder, R-Ind., was confronted by two members of his congressional staff about what then appeared to be an in appropriate relationship with staffer Tracy Jackson.
This is according to Marlin Stutzman, former U.S. Senate candidate in Indiana, who announced Thursday he wants to be Souder’s replacement on the Indiana’s 3rd District ballot.
Stutzman says he and another staffer confronted Souder on the allegations and Souder denied there was an inappropriate behavior or a relationship with Jackson.
On Tuesday, Souder announced his resignation from Congress, citing his affair with a staffer, later identified as Jackson.
Stutzman also confirms that he is friends with both Tracy Jackson and her husband, Brad, but Stutzman says he did not know about the Souder/Jackson affair until Souder’s announcement on Tuesday.