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...equally intimate record of Packwood's life is drawing scrutiny: his divorce papers. The papers, combined with his diaries, address the suggestion that he illegally used his position to get his ex-wife Georgie a job in order to save himself hefty alimony payments...
...Senate, doggedly pursuing the remaining 3,200 pages of Packwood's diaries, voted 94 to 6 last week to authorize the ethics committee to seek a federal court order compelling the Senator to turn over the journals. If the committee gets hold of those pages and finds sufficient evidence, Packwood may soon be in his deepest trouble yet. Although the sexual-harassment charges under investigation by the committee carry no threat of criminal prosecution, - the same cannot be said for the allegations surrounding his possible misuse of office. Last week Packwood denied ever wrongfully soliciting work for his ex- wife...
...Packwoods' divorce papers shed light on the Senator's discussions about his wife's employment. The records, filed with the circuit court in the Multnomah County courthouse in Oregon, show that while Georgie did not want the marriage to end, she could not, under state law, contest her husband's petition citing "irreconcilable differences." After the couple separated in January 1990, they wrangled about alimony. Packwood claimed that he was virtually broke and proposed monthly payments of $500. Georgie demanded $4,000. Eventually the court settled on $2,500, based in part on a calculation of Georgie's earning ability...
...year between the Packwoods' separation and their divorce trial, Georgie received job offers from four of the Senator's friends. "I had not asked any of these people for a job," Georgie told the Washington Post last week. Those offers came from two Washington lobbyists, each of whom had approached Packwood on behalf of clients; an investment banker who had gone to law school with Packwood and raised campaign funds for him; and a businessman who once served on Packwood's staff...
During the divorce trial, Packwood testified that he had no hand in any of the job offers. "In all these cases, they made the initial approach to Georgie or they asked me if it would be O.K. if they approached Georgie," he said. "I didn't initiate the calls myself." According to the divorce documents, Packwood criticized his wife for not accepting any of the offers and charged that she was unwilling to work...