There is an interview on the Las Vegas Sun site you will not want to miss.
Hampton said that Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and others urged him to end the affair and help the Hamptons pay off their home and move to Colorado. But Ensign was so infatuated that he continued, Hampton said.
John Hart, Coburn's communications director, released a statement Wednesday afternoon saying Ensign should have ended the affair.
"Dr. Coburn did everything he could to encourage Senator Ensign to end his affair and to persuade Senator Ensign to repair the damage he had caused to his own marriage and the Hampton’s marriage," according to the statement. "Had Senator Ensign followed Dr. Coburn’s advice, this episode would have ended, and been made public, long ago."
But the most serious part of the interview is the fact Ensign paid a $25,000 severance to Cindy Hampton:
Campaign reports show no such in-kind payment from Ensign to either his personal campaign committee or his Battle Born leadership Political Action Committee, according CREW, which filed complaints June 24 with the Federal Elections Commission and the Senate Ethics Committee.
Ensign is in deep doo-doo. He should probably resign.
3 comments:
Yeah this Ensign thing is getting pretty ugly.
Heller for Nevada
Do you suppose if Ensign steps down, Heller will be running for the seat rather than go up against Harry Reid?
That's certainly a possibility, however i don't get the impression that Dean is concerned about running against Reid. If nothing else Heller understands that support would probably pour in from around the country. Reid has made enemies in a bigger pond than just Nevada.
Post a Comment