Ensign Affair

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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Tom Coburn: John Ensign Ethics Report 'Inaccurate'

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 07.26.2011

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Tom Coburn on Thursday decried as "totally inaccurate" an account by the Senate ethics panel of his role in negotiations invol...

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John Ensign's Legal Troubles Far From Over

Posted 07.26.2011

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By Murray Waas It was one of the most high-profile investigations of a senator in years: John Ensign of Nevada had conducted an affair with his...

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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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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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GOP Senator Aims To Rebound From Sex Scandal

AP | CRISTINA SILVA | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAS VEGAS — His conservative reputation wounded by the true-life soap opera of an extramarital affair and a betrayed best friend, Nevada Sen. Jo...

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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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Senator Ensign and the Land of Opposites

Melanie Sloan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Somehow in his land of opposites, Ensign found a way to claim the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is responsible for his troubles.

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John Ensign: 'If You Don't Hold Us Accountable, We'll Do Some Real Bad Things In D.C.'

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) recently told a group of business leaders at a local Nevada golf club that if no one holds lawmakers on Capitol Hill account...

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John Ensign Says He's A Victim Of 'Gotcha' Journalism'

Posted 05.25.2011

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On Thursday, Politico's Manu Raju reported that Sen. John Ensign, the Nevada GOP Senator who last year admitted to having an affair with a married sta...

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John Ensign Probe: Grand Jury Subpoenas Issued

AP | PETE YOST and KEN RITTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury has issued subpoenas to a Republican campaign committee and companies in Nevada in a probe of Sen. John Ensign...

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John Ensign to Face Senate Ethics Panel Investigation

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Senate Ethics Committee will continue its investigation of Sen. John Ensign's affair with an ex-staffer, despite a nascent Justice Department prob...

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FBI Investigates John Ensign Affair

Politico | MANU RAJU & JOHN BRESNAHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Federal agents have started interviewing people connected to Sen. John Ensign's (R-Nev.) sex scandal, a potential sign that the Nevada Republican coul...

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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: Time For Cindy Hampton To Tell All

Lynda Obst | Posted 05.25.2011

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The John Ensign affair is mysterious in only one way to me: the quiet Mrs. Hampton.

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CNN's Sanchez Grills Ensign On His Affair (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some generally awkward television took place Thursday afternoon when Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) -- invited on CNN to discuss the botched Christmas ter...

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Ensign Confronted Outside Office By CNN, Denies Affair Wrongdoing (VIDEO)

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign said Tuesday that he complied with Senate ethics rules and the law when he arranged a "soft landing" as a lobbyist...

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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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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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Ensign Investigation Confirmed By Barbara Boxer

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The second-ranking Senate Republican offered no support Sunday for embattled Sen. John Ensign, facing renewed criticism over an ext...

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WSJ: Ensign's Senate Prospects Grow Cloudy

wsj.com | NAFTALI BENDAVID | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. John Ensign's future grew more unsettled Friday as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell declined to offer his support or express confidence in ...

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GOP Senate Leader Won't Comment On Ensign

AP | PETE YOST and LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign of Nevada was only beginning to emerge from a self-imposed political exile over fallout from his extramarital affa...

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Emails: Ensign Affair Known About By NRSC

Las Vegas Sun | Lisa Mascaro (Contact) | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republican Sen. John Ensign is methodically trying to turn the page after admitting to having an affair with a former campaign staffer, but new detail...

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Sen. Ensign's Dad Could Lose Casino Project Over Scandal

Talking Points Memo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Ensign, the father of Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), may be finding his business deals threatened after he admitted to giving his son's mistress and...

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Revenge, European Style

Eva Nagorski | Posted 05.25.2011

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Europe's political wives are no longer standing by their men. In fact, they're more inclined to stand anywhere where they can give them a good clean kick in the derriere.

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