Responding to the press conference , Whitman campaign lawyer Tom Hiltchak told reporters that , when hired in 2000 , Santillan gave Whitman false documentation , including IRS forms , a Social Security card , a California drivers license , and Department of Justice immigration forms in which the stated she was in the United States lawfully . 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 ''
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 ''