"I regret the harm that my actions have caused my family, my staff and my constituents," the two-term congressman said in a statement posted on his site Wednesday evening. He said he made "profound mistakes."
Lee, 46, is married with a young son. Gawker reported that Lee had portrayed himself as a 39-year-old divorced lobbyist in e-mails he exchanged with the woman, whom the gossip site did not identify. Gawker said the two met through the personals section of Craigslist.
