GOP Sen. Blackburn Sues Jack Smith For Accessing Her Phone Records

President Trump’s public reaction was brief. “Wow, well, I feel badly for the family if that’s the case, that’s too bad.”

The marriage had already lived under a different kind of spotlight. Kristi’s work with longtime adviser Corey Lewandowski produced years of affair speculation. Both have denied a romantic relationship, and no independent proof has been made public. They were later photographed at lunch and on bikes near Lake Minnetonka.

During a March congressional hearing she waved the Lewandowski questions away as tabloid material.

The personal coverage intensified as she left Homeland Security and later took a State Department assignment as special envoy for the Shield of the Americas.

By July, Bryon had reportedly moved out of the Castlewood house and was living about 20 miles away.

He was not at the unveiling of a bronze statue in Pierre honoring her years as governor. Her mother and grandchildren were.