Senator John Ensign (R-Nevada) made headlines last summer following the disclosure of his affair with a campaign aide, Cynthia Hampton. His public apology—and, later, his criticisms of the President’s health care program—more or less quelled the scandal, even as the revelation caused the senator’s job as head of the Republican Senate Policy Committee and cut short any plans for the White House.
Now, new allegations have surfaced involving Doug Hampton, a former campaign aide and the husband of his former mistress.1 Eric Lichtblau and Eric Litpo of The New York Times report today on the two-term lawmaker’s purported involvement in lobbying activities that may have violated an ethics law that bars senior aides like Mr. Hampton from lobbying the Senate for a year after leaving their posts. Senator Ensign denies any misdoing, but in his defense he can no longer characterize it as simply personal. So far, there are no official calls to investigate into the senator's conduct.
(See related post, “First Chinese American Woman in Congress”)
1Eric Lichtblau and Eric Litpo, ”Senator’s Aid After Affair Raises Flags Over Ethics”, The New York Times, Oct. 2, 2009
Now, new allegations have surfaced involving Doug Hampton, a former campaign aide and the husband of his former mistress.1 Eric Lichtblau and Eric Litpo of The New York Times report today on the two-term lawmaker’s purported involvement in lobbying activities that may have violated an ethics law that bars senior aides like Mr. Hampton from lobbying the Senate for a year after leaving their posts. Senator Ensign denies any misdoing, but in his defense he can no longer characterize it as simply personal. So far, there are no official calls to investigate into the senator's conduct.
(See related post, “First Chinese American Woman in Congress”)
1Eric Lichtblau and Eric Litpo, ”Senator’s Aid After Affair Raises Flags Over Ethics”, The New York Times, Oct. 2, 2009
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