Senator Charged In Phone Tapping

Sat., March 18, 1995

Compiled From Wire Services

The state Senate majority leader was charged Friday with paying two men to bug the phone of his ex-wife, a high-ranking state official.

H. Truman Chafin intended to use the information “in connection with his pending divorce proceedings,” the federal indictment said.

His ex-wife, state Health and Human Resources Secretary Gretchen Lewis, declined to comment.

The couple has been involved in a bitter custody dispute over their young daughter.

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