Ensign says he did not breach ethics rules [View All]

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Source: CNN

(CNN) – Embattled Republican Sen. John Ensign told CNN Tuesday he did not break Senate ethics rules in helping secure a lobbying job for the husband of the woman he had an affair with.

"I think it's pretty clear. I said in the past, I recommended him for jobs just like I've recommended a lot of people," Ensign told CNN Senior Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash and Congressional Producer Ted Barrett. "But we absolutely did nothing except for comply exactly with what the ethics laws and the ethics rules of the Senate state. We were very careful in everything that we did. You can see our statements on that."

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A preliminary Senate ethics investigation has been launched.

"All of these things will, you know, come out," Ensign told CNN "All of these things will come out at their due time. But there's no question, we complied with all of the ethics"

Asked if he has any plans to resign his seat, Ensign said, "I am focused on doing my work. I'm going to continue to focus on doing my work."

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