John Ensign

New Ensign Details: 'If You Want John Ensign To Work With You, You Have Got To Hire Doug Hampton'

Zachary Roth | April 2, 2010, 10:00AM

Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)

More details have emerged about the actions of Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) in the aftermath of his 2008 affair with a top aide's wife -- already the subject of a heated federal probe.

The senator tried to help a Nevada energy company at the same time that he was urging the company to hire the aide, Doug Hampton, reports the New York Times. That suggests Ensign may have been trying to curry favor with the company in order to get it to agree to hire Hampton. Ensign was desperate to find a job for Hampton at the time, after his affair with Hampton's wife led to the end of Hampton's tenure in Ensign's office.

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