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Ethics Probers Still Haven't Talked To Hampton On Ensign Matter
Zachary Roth | November 24, 2009, 9:48AM
Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)
Last night, Nightline aired its full interview with Doug Hampton, about the amazing circumstances surrounding the affair between Hampton's wife Cindy and his former boss, Sen. John Ensign (R-NV).
Some of the best stuff trickled out early, but there are still a few good new nuggets. For instance:
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John Ensign
Hampton: To Hide Affair, Ensign Made Me And Cindy Attend 'Goodbye Party' After Firing Us
Zachary Roth | November 23, 2009, 4:41PM
Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)
More nuggets are being reported from Doug Hampton's interview with Nightline, set to air tonight, about Sen. John Ensign's affair with Hampton's wife. And they somehow make the Nevada senator look even worse than he already did, if that's possible.
Politico, which seems to have gotten a look at the full interview, reports:
Topics: Campaign Finance, Doug Hampton, John Ensign, Sex
John Ensign
Coburn: I Acted As Ensign-Hampton Go-Between
Zachary Roth | November 23, 2009, 10:35AM
Yesterday on ABC News's This Week, there was an exchange between Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and host George Stephanopoulos about Coburn's role as an "intermediary" between Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) and Doug Hampton, the man with whose wife the Nevada senator had an affair. And it's hard to know what to make of it.
From the transcript:
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Doug Hampton
Hampton: 'Crystal Clear' That Ensign Payment Was Severance
Zachary Roth | November 20, 2009, 10:05AM
Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)
Doug Hampton's campaign to bring down the man who slept with his wife continues.
Hampton's latest blast at Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) came in a sit-down with ABC News's Nightline. In excerpts teased on the ABC News site, Hampton doubles down on his contention that the $96,000 he and his wife received from Ensign's parents, after the affair was discovered, was a severance package, not a gift as Ensign has claimed. A severance payment would have violated campaign-finance laws.
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John Ensign
Will Ensign Escape Criminal Probe?
Zachary Roth | November 19, 2009, 12:03PM
Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)
Is the Justice Department leaning towards laying off Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)?
That's the direction in which Politico's reporting seems to point. According to the new site, DOJ officials "signal that the case is a low-priority matter for them." It adds that "no one close to Ensign or the Hamptons has been contacted by any federal investigators." And it notes that the Senate Ethics committee, which usually stands down when Justice is involved, has been forging ahead with its probe of the philandering Nevada senator.
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John Ensign
Criminal Probe Of Ensign Seen As Likely
Zachary Roth | October 14, 2009, 1:40PM
Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)
Could the worst be still to come for John Ensign?
An expert consensus may be forming that the Justice Department will likely launch a criminal investigation into the philandering Nevada senator and his relationship with Doug and Cynthia Hampton.
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John Ensign
Ensign: I Followed Ethics Laws When I Helped Clients Of Mistress's Husband
Zachary Roth | October 6, 2009, 3:18PM
Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)
The John Ensign story is back on the front-burner, thanks to last week's New York Times report that the philandering Nevada senator actively helped Doug Hampton, the husband of his former mistress, get set up as a lobbyist, then acted to benefit Hampton's new clients.
Today brought several new developments:
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John Ensign
Ensign: I'll Cooperate With Ethics Probe Into Help For Mistress's Husband
Zachary Roth | October 5, 2009, 11:18AM
Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)
Disgraced Nevada senator John Ensign won't fight the ethics investigation into his dealings with a former staffer, in the aftermath of an affair between Ensign and the staffer's wife.
"Sen. Ensign will cooperate with any official inquiry," a spokeswoman for the senator told TPMmuckraker via email.
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