Lott: No Scandal Behind RetirementLott had said he has heard the various rumors regarding his decision to retire, but said the real reason is that which he publicly declared at his first press conference in Pascagoula, Miss. - it was just time for him to leave the Senate.“I have heard everything,” said Lott “That it was a health problem, that it was a sex problem, that it was a problem with his brother-in-law. None of that is true, not even close.”
Lott said he has spoken to Scruggs, who he is husband of his wife’s younger sister, just once since the indictment. Lott said Scruggs “is still my friend,” and he suspects that the well-known lawyer became enmeshed in “a sting” by the FBI.