Wisconsin Dem Running for Congress as 'Devoted Husband' Was Active on Adult Affair Site Ashley Madison, Records Indicate
The Democratic nominee for Wisconsin's First Congressional District, Mitchell Berman, is running against Republican incumbent Bryan Steil as a "devoted husband." But records made public through the high-profile data breach of the affair-seeking website Ashley Madison indicate Berman was an active user who made two transactions on the site around the time he got married, a Washington Free Beacon review found.
The account was associated with the email [email protected], which Berman, a registered nurse, used when making a complaint to the Wisconsin Elections Commission in 2022. The account made a $268 transaction on February 24, 2015, and a $19 transaction on March 26, 2015, according to data exposed by the breach, which occurred in August 2015. Berman married his wife Jillian in January 2015, according to social media posts marking their 8th and 10th anniversaries.
The transaction amounts are aligned with services Ashley Madison offered at the time. The website—which used the…