Woman scorned: Michael Scanlon was ratted out by his former fiancee. Emily Miller, who turned him in to authorities after he dumped her for a manicurist.
Their love affair began secretly in the late 1990’s when they both worked for then-House Majority Rep. Tom DeLay, who is now under indictment for money laundering.
Scanlon was DeLay’s communications director, and Emily was the Leader’s young press secretary.
Yes – Michael was Emily’s boss.
Last November, Scanlon pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe a congressman — allegedly Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH). He faces five years in prison and has agreed to repay over $19 million he bilked from Indian tribes. He will also testify against his former lobbying partner, Jack Abramoff, and others.
Much of the government’s case against Scanlon rests on the testimony of Emily Miller, with whom he had shared details of the crimes he and Abramoff were committing.
The Scanlon-Miller bust-up two years ago — after Scanlon had left DeLay’s office to go into lobbying, and Miller had moved to the press office at the State Dept. — reverberated into the national news and caused a brief but memorable political snafu for then-Sec. of State Powell and the Bush Administration:
In May 2004, Miller found herself at the center of attention when—while live on air—she ordered a cameraman for NBC’s Meet the Press to stop filming Colin Powell [during a live remote from Sharm el-Sheik in Egypt]. A copy of the transcript shows Miller, who also used to work as an NBC staffer, as a brusque press aide. Powell eventually ordered that the interview continue and asked Miller to step aside.
What many people didn’t realize at the time, however, is that during the Powell interview Miller was upset because her fiancee, Michael Scanlon, had broken off their engagement, two of Miller’s former State Department co-workers said. While still engaged to Miller, Scanlon had started an affair with a manicurist and broke up with Miller because he planned to marry the other woman, three of Scanlon’s former associates at DeLay’s office said. They added that the two had numerous public arguments.
Finally! Some sex in these scandals.
I happen to know Emily Miller’s step father and find that these dates are not accurte. That is, Emily Miller, indicates that she was upset about her fiance during her 15 minute walk of fame with the Colan Powell interview in Jordan. Michael broke up with Emily two years before and they were not even seeing each other during that period. I also find it interesting that she waited so long to say something. What would have happened if Michael had not jilted her? Would she be now living in a 4 million dollar home with this secret. And why did she not come forward until 2004?