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Probe of John Ensign Expands as Senator's GOP Pals Are Called to Testify
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThe Justice Department has widened its investigation of Nevada Sen. John Ensign's efforts to find lobbying work for a onetime aide who was also the husband of the senator's mistress. A federal grand jury has subpoenaed the National Republican Senatorial Committee -- a campaign arm of Senate Republicans -- and also Sid Rogich and Pete Ernaut, two well-connected Nevada Republicans, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Rogich, who served as an adviser to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, told the newspaper that Ensign called him about a year ago to ask if he would meet with Doug ...
New E-mails Could Expand Sen. John Ensign Investigation
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyE-mails obtained by the FBI and congressional ethics investigators provide new evidence about Sen. John Ensign's efforts to allegedly provide lobbying jobs for the husband of his former mistress, in violation of Senate rules, The New York Times reported late Wednesday. Ensign (R-Nev.) asked a Las Vegas development company to hire the husband, Douglas Hampton, after the firm had requested the senator's help on several energy projects in 2008, according to the e-mails. Ensign had denied knowing the work might involve congressional lobbying but the e-mails apparently contradict that claim, ...
FBI, Justice Department Reportedly Investigating John Ensign Affair
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe FBI and the Justice Department have opened what appears to be a preliminary criminal investigation into events surrounding Sen. John Ensign's affair last year, Politico reports. A Justice Department prosecutor has been assigned to the case, and FBI agents have been contacting former Ensign aides in Washington and Las Vegas. The Republican senator from Nevada admitted in June to an affair with campaign aide Cynthia Hampton, the wife of his best friend and Senate aide, Doug Hampton. News investigations subsequently learned that Ensign may have illegally used his Senate office to find new ...
John Ensign Rides to Harry Reid's Defense
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyRecently embattled Nevada Sen. John Ensign came to currently embattled Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's defense in a radio interview in Nevada Monday. "I think we need to get away from this politics of gotcha," Ensign told KKOH in Reno while discussing the controversy surrounding Reid since the revelation of his comments about Barack Obama's lack of a "Negro dialect." "I don't think there's a person walking, certainly not a politician out there, that hasn't made comments they regret," he said. "When you make those comments, as long as you take responsibility for your comments and apologize ...
The Top 15 Winners and Losers of 2009
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyWINNERS LOSERS 1. Barack Obama: Inaugurated as the first African- American president in U.S. history, he inherited two wars, the Great Recession, a Democratic Congress with a pent-up agenda, a liberal base with a litany of unrealistic demands, and a hostile Republican Party – and managed to keep his head above water and his famous cool. 1. Nobel Prize Committee: With friends like the geniuses in Oslo, Obama needs no enemies. Awarding the Peace Prize to Obama before he'd learned where the White House cafeteria is located (not to mention committed 35,000 more ...
2009's Top 10 Scandals
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(Dec. 28) -- Corrupt politicians, cheaters, hypocrites, creeps, con artists and publicity hounds. That reads like any other year's roster of people behaving badly. A beauty pageant, a state dinner, the Appalachian Trail, a golf club, a funny-looking balloon -- plus a bunch of kids. All of that sounds downright wholesome. Mix them together, stir in too much reality TV and a couple of sex tapes, and you get the uniquely spicy concoction that is the 2009 edition of the year's biggest scandals. ...
Doug Hampton Details Ensign Affair in 'Nightline' Interview
By David Sessions - Politics DailyDoug Hampton, the husband of the aide who carried on an extended extramarital relationship with Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), told ABC's "Nightline" that he discovered the affair in a 2007 text message between his wife and Ensign, the Associated Press reports. Most of the details Hampton covers have gradually come out since Ensign admitted the affair in June, but Hampton gave a more intimate look at how Ensign reacted when he was confronted about his relationship with Cynthia Hampton. Hampton said he confronted Ensign, a longtime friend, when both families were gathered for Christmas Eve. "John ...
John Ensign Moves Out of Storied C Street House
By David Sessions - Politics DailyNevada Sen. John Ensign, who admitted to an affair with his best friend's wife earlier this year, has moved out of C Street House, a residence shared by a half-dozen Christian politicians, the Las Vegas Sun reports. The house became a hub of scandal involving extramarital affairs carried on by at least two residents -- Ensign and Rep. Chip Pickering. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford also sought counsel at C Street House about his affair with a woman from Argentina. Ensign is facing examination by the Senate Ethics Committee and may soon be the subject of a Justice Department inquiry. Despite ...
In Aftermath of Affair, Ensign Allegedly Sought Lobbying Contracts for Mistress's Husband
By David Sessions - Politics DailyA sprawling New York Times expose published Friday reveals the previously concealed aftermath of Sen. Mark Ensign's affair with an aide: Ensign (R-Nev.) may have broken Senate lobbying rules trying to get the aide's husband -- and one of his closest friends -- out of Washington. As their friendship grew strained under the pressure of Ensign's protracted relationship with Douglas Hampton's wife, Ensign called in favors with powerful donors to help Hampton get a job in Nevada, and then continued to use his Senate office as an inroad for Hampton's lobbying efforts, the Times reported. Ensign ...
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