Doug Hampton: January 2012

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Doug Hampton: January 2012

No Signs Doug Hampton Working With Feds On John Ensign Case

Ryan J. Reilly | January 13, 2012, 3:26PM

Former John Ensign aide Doug Hampton is now one step closer to going on trial on charges he broke an anti-revolving door lobbying law.

Hampton appeared at a pre-trial hearing in Washington, D.C. on Friday, his trip provided by the U.S. Marshals Service because he was financially unable to pay his own way, according to court records. He's due back in court on Sept. 5, with a trial likely in the fall.

Hampton's role in the Ensign debacle is at this point well know. He left Ensign's office in 2008 after learning the Senator had carried on an affair with his wife Cynthia Hampton. Hampton allegedly soon started lobbying Ensign's office in violation of the law. A Senate Ethics Committee report found there was "Substantial Credible Evidence That Senator Ensign Conspired to Violate, and Aided and Abetted" Hampton's alleged violations of the ban. Ensign resigned in April, just before the report was released.