Ethics Panel Asks That Ensign Inquiry Be Reopened

[CatWoman]

WASHINGTON — The Senate Ethics Committee on Thursday asked the Justice Department to reopen its investigation of former Senator John Ensign, saying it had found evidence that he had conspired to help his former aide violate a lobbying ban, had broken campaign finance laws and had obstructed an investigation into wrongdoing, which was started after he admitted he had an affair.


The action makes it clear that Mr. Ensign, a Nevada Republican who stepped down last week, is going to continue to face scrunity, and possibly even criminal charges.

The Ethics Committee last year had taken the rare step of hiring an experienced former federal prosecutor as a special counsel to help oversee the investigation of Mr. Ensign, which started shortly after his June 2009 admission that he had had an affair with Cynthia Hampton, his former campaign treasurer and the wife of a one-time senior aide to the senator.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/us/politics/13ensign.html

[opihimoimoi]

1. Aloha Cat...me thinks the dude is gonna get the I word......then get Nasty

K&R

:hug:

[CatWoman]

3. Hi Opi

:hi:

:loveya:

put his sorry ass under the jail!!!!! :)

[opihimoimoi]

4. TRMS described dire times for his unlawful actions.....he is toast....and a CAD

[Angry Dragon]

2. throw him in jail..............