Oprah gives tape with Puzder abuse allegations to Senate

Senators in both parties have viewed an episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in which Labor Secretary nominee Andrew Puzder’s former wife leveled allegations of physical abuse against him, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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The decades-old video, which is not easily found, has been provided by the Oprah Winfrey Network, those sources said. The video has been provided to senators in a Capitol Hill office building, according to people who have seen it. OWN did not immediately comment for this story.

Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that will vote on Puzder’s nomination, said she was “deeply troubled” by the video.

“It was important for us to know all of the information about any candidate that comes before us,” Murray said in an interview.

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