Ruh Roh! More messages link Sen. Ensign to job effort

[jefferson_dem]

More messages link Sen. Ensign to job effort
E-mails could deepen Republican's legal and political troubles

By ERIC LICHTBLAU and ERIC LIPTON

updated 5 minutes ago

or

WASHINGTON - Previously undisclosed e-mail messages turned over to the F.B.I. and Senate ethics investigators provide new evidence about Senator John Ensign’s efforts to steer lobbying work to the embittered husband of his former mistress and could deepen his legal and political troubles.

Mr. Ensign, Republican of Nevada, suggested that a Las Vegas development firm hire the husband, Douglas Hampton, after it had sought the senator’s help on several energy projects in 2008, according to e-mail messages and interviews with company executives.

The messages are the first written records from Mr. Ensign documenting his efforts to find clients for Mr. Hampton, a top aide and close friend, after the senator had an affair with his wife, Cynthia Hampton. They appear to undercut the senator’s assertion that he did not know the work might involve Congressional lobbying, which could violate a federal ban on such activities by staff members for a year after leaving government.

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[Bitwit1234]

1. He's a republican they won't do anything to him

and the republicans in congress will close ranks around him. To keep him away from the "corrupt" democrats.

[jenmito]

2. Before I saw this, I was searching for stuff on Ensign, wondering why we never hear ONE WORD

about him (nor any other of the Repubs.') on-going scandals. All we hear about are the Dems.' scandals, whether they resign or not. Not ONE Repub. has resigned in shame, including Ensign, Vitter, Sanford, or others. I don't blame it all on the media, either. I also blame it on the Dem. "strategistis" who are on tv and not bringing them up.

[rasputin1952]

3. They won't resign...

they have no shame, the only "moral compass" they possess points to "everybody else".

Despicable creatures, always calling on others to "fess up", but they feel above all...like sociopaths...:grr:

[jenmito]

5. Well...

the least the Dems./media can do is TRY to shame them by TALKING about them constantly. Our side has no organization like the Repubs. do when it comes to attacking the other side, repeatedly, with the same message over and over and over 'til the average person knows about it.

[kestrel91316]

4. I'd lay significant odds that Johnny has mob ties and so people are afraid to

go after him too aggressively.

Daddy is a bigtime casino boss.

[jenmito]

6. I don't think they could put out "hits" on anyone who goes after him. It would be way

too visible.

[kestrel91316]

7. Nope, but they are probably experts at blackmail.

[Cha]

8. KR