What is the address where Leisha Pickering once lived on an extramarital affair with a onetime college sweetheart?”
Chip Pickering’s “Family” affair The Family — a secretive and politically powerful religious group based in Washington — has been linked to a third case of marital infidelity, raising fresh questions about its claims of being a Christian fellowship deserving of tax-free status. CQ Politics reports that an alienation of affection lawsuit filed this week by Leisha Jane Pickering, the estranged wife of former U.S. Rep. Charles W. “Chip” Pickering Jr. of Mississippi, alleges that he had an extramarital affair with a former college girlfriend while he lived at the group’s house at 133 C Street — with some of the “wrongful conduct” occurring inside the building. Pickering is the third member of The Family to become embroiled in a scandal over an affair recently. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, a former Republican congressman, and Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) also admitted to adultery in recent weeks. Ensign lived at The Family’s C Street house, while Sanford said in his press conference co
