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Tom Coburn Gets Big Penalty From Fellow Senators

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 05.25.2012

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WASHINGTON — The Senate Ethics Committee admonished Republican Sen. Tom Coburn on Friday over his contact with a top aide to former Sen. John En...

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10 Sordid Facts We Learned From the John Ensign Senate Ethics Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.12.2011

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Sweet fancy Moses, y'all. In my lifetime, I have read some sordid accounts of the many scandalous ways our elected officials have broken society's "se...

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GOP Senator Helped Cover Up John Ensign Affair: Senate Ethics Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 07.12.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Tom Coburn played a more active role than previously known in the negotiations between ex-Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) and his former ...

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Timing Of Ensign Resignation Raises Questions

AP/The Huffington Post | CRISTINA SILVA | Posted 06.23.2011

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LAS VEGAS -- The resignation this week by U.S. Sen. John Ensign raised questions about what an ongoing Senate ethics probe has uncovered, while also m...

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Timeline Leading To Ensign's Resignation

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 06.21.2011

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LAS VEGAS -- A timeline of major events leading to the announcement Thursday by Republican U.S. Sen. John Ensign of Nevada that he will resign May 3: ...

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Husband Of GOP Senator's Ex-Lover Calls For Resignation

AP | CRISTINA SILVA | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAS VEGAS — The Nevada man whose wife had a monthslong affair with Sen. John Ensign said in a rare statement Wednesday that the Republican shoul...

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John Ensign Ethics Complaint Dismissed

AP | SHARON THEIMER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission has dismissed a complaint against Sen. John Ensign over a $96,000 payment his parents made to his forme...

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Senate Ethics Committee Lawyers Go To Las Vegas For John Ensign Investigation

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAS VEGAS — Attorneys for the Senate Ethics Committee were in Las Vegas questioning executives from Nevada companies and others about U.S. Sen. ...

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John Ensign Kicks Off Legal Defense Fund With $10 Donation

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP / HUFFINGTON POST)-- Sen. John Ensign of Nevada has set up a defense fund to help pay some of the legal expenses stemming from two gove...

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John Ensign Emails Show Senator Sought Lobbying Work For Doug Hampton, Ex-Lover's Husband

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — E-mails turned over to the FBI and Senate ethics investigators provide new evidence about Sen. John Ensign's efforts to find lobbyi...

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Ensign Probe Is Encouraging Sign

Melanie Sloan | Posted 05.25.2011

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The fact that the FBI is investigating Sen. Ensign's conduct sends an important message: no one -- not even a powerful U.S. senator -- is above the law.

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Doug Hampton: Ensign Should 'Resign Immediately,' C Street Protecting Him (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Doug Hampton, whose wife had an affair with John Ensign, said in an interview that the Nevada senator should "resign immediately," claiming that power...

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Tom Coburn: I Didn't Help Negotiate Ensign Affair Pay-Off

George's Bottom Line | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., told me flatly that he did not offer to broker a million-dollar deal between his Senate colleague, John Ensign, R-Nev., and ...

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John Ensign Affair Details Revealed: Nightline Interviews Doug Hampton About Senator's Affair With Cindy Hampton (VIDEO)

Kevin Freking | Posted 05.25.2011

Scroll down to watch video of Nightline interview. WASHINGTON (AP)- A Nevada man whose wife had an affair with Sen. John Ensign said he discovered th...

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John Ensign Scandal: Mistress's Husband Speaks Out, Says Senator Kept Pursuing Affair (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Doug Hampton, the friend of John Ensign who discovered the Republican Nevada senator was having an affair with his wife, sat down with ABC News to dis...

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Ensign's Ex-Mistress, Husband Sought $8.5 Million Settlement Over Affair

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign's former mistress and her husband sought an $8.5 million settlement from the Nevada Republican before the affair b...

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Sen. Ensign: "I Fully Plan On Running For Reelection"

The Las Vegas Sun | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republican Sen. John Ensign said Monday that not only does he have no intention of resigning in light of his affair and his parents' payout to the wom...

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John Ensign Affair: Read The Letter He Sent To His Lover

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The husband of John Ensign's mistress spoke publicly for the first time today, claiming that the Nevada Senator continued to pursue his wife, Cynthia ...

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Ensign Mistress' Husband Pleaded To Press: Help Expose "Heinous Conduct"

Las Vegas Sun | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a letter dated five days before Sen. John Ensign's public confession of an extramarital affair, Doug Hampton pleaded to a national Fox News anchorw...

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Fox News Denies Report: We Didn't Force Ensign To Admit Affair

HuffingtonPost.com | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fox New is denying claims that Doug Hampton — whose wife Cynthia is the other woman in Senator John Ensign's sex scandal — sent the networ...

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Ensign Mistress' Salary Doubled During Affair

Las Vegas Sun | Posted 05.25.2011

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The one-time mistress and campaign treasurer of Sen. John Ensign saw her salary double during the time of the affair, according to federal election do...

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Ensign Mistress's Son Was Paid By GOP Senate Committee During Affair

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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The son of the couple at the center of the sex scandal that has engulfed Sen. John Ensign was being paid by National Republican Senatorial Committee i...

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