CNN : Lawyer shows a 2003 letter she calls the ` ` smoking gun '' NEW : Former Congressman says work on the letter was Whitman 's husband 's idea . ' Whitman denies she or her husband ever saw the federal letter . The California Democratic nominee for governor calls it a ` ` political smear ''
NEW : Lawyer shows a 2003 letter she calls the `` smoking document '' NEW : Former housekeeper says note on the letter was Whitman 's husband 's handwriting . Meg Whitman denies she or her husband ever saw the federal letter . The California GOP nominee for governor calls it a `` political smear ''