tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 7/8/2009
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Doug Hampton has spoken publicly for the first time about his wife Cindy's affair with Sen. John Ensign. And it's good...
The highlights from Hampton's interview with Las Vegas Sun political columnist Jon Ralston: - Hampton said that Ensign paid Cindy more than $25,000 in severance when she ...
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Wronged Husband Rips Ensign
politicalwire.com 7/9/2009 — In a must-see interview, Jon Ralston spoke to Doug Hampton, the man whose wife had an affair with Sen. John Ensign (R-NV).
Among the revelations: Ensign pursued Cynthia Hampton even after Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) urged him to end the affair, and that ...
Girlfriend's husband wants Ensign to resign,
politico.com 7/8/2009 — Doug Hampton sits down with, natch, Ralston:
In an exclusive two-part interview to air over the next two days on "Face to Face," Hampton said Ensign abused his power, involved at least one other senator in a scheme to feign ...
Hampton: Religious Buddies Drove Ensign To FedEx To Mail Letter To Cindy
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 7/10/2009 — We're probably not going out on a limb by saying that Doug Hampton's entire televised interview about John Ensign's affair with Hampton's wife Cindy, and the fallout from it, had to have been pretty embarrassing for the Nevada senator, if he's even ...
Did Santorum Tip Off Ensign?
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 7/12/2009 — A great nugget we missed from the portion of Doug Hampton's interview that aired last night...
Ever since the appearance last month of the famous letter Hampton wrote to Fox News -- asking for the network's assistance in exposing John Ensign's ...
Did Ensign Hire Doug Hampton To Stop Himself From Having An Affair?
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 7/7/2009 — We can't blame you if you'd almost forgotten about John Ensign. Since the GOP senator confessed last month to an affair, he's been unceremoniously knocked out of the headlines by the successive implosions of two other Republican 2012 hopefuls.
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Lame Ensign Scandal Getting Super-Funny In A Hurry
wonkette.com 7/11/2009 — It was bad enough for sex person John Ensign when his mistress’ husband (his friend Doug Hampton!) claimed that Ensign paid Cindy Hampton $25,000 in severance when she left his PAC, because this may have been a campaign finance violation of ...
John Ensign Affair: Read The Letter He Sent To His Lover
huffingtonpost.com 7/10/2009 — The husband of John Ensign's mistress spoke publicly for the first time today, claiming that the Nevada Senator continued to pursue his wife, Cynthia Hampton, even after powerful political colleagues tried to stop him.
Doug Hampton said that ...
Fox had Ensign affair letter earlier than it had claimed
dailykos.com 7/10/2009 — Surprise, surprise: it turns out Fox's story about when it got Doug Hampton's letter regarding John Ensign's affair was inaccurate . Fox News received Doug Hampton’s letter about Sen. John Ensign’s adulterous affair three days earlier ...
Coburn Denies That He Urged Ensign To Pay "Restitution" For Affair
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 7/9/2009 — We just told you about Doug Hampton's allegation that Sen. Tom Coburn urged his friend Sen. John Ensign to pay "restitution" money to the Hamptons on account of Ensign's affair with Hampton's wife. And now Coburn is denying the claim.
Roll Call ...
Ensign Love Letter: 'I Used You for My Own Pleasure'
drudge.com 7/9/2009 — Midway through a nine-month extramarital affair with a member of his campaign staff, Sen. John Ensign (R.-Nev.) wrote his lover a letter that has been published by the Las Vegas Sun . "I used you for my own pleasure," Ensign wrote to Cindy Hampton, ...
Sen. Coburn to Sen. Ensign: Pay Up!
talkingpointsmemo.com 7/9/2009 — Looks like Sen. John Ensign is in for a rough couple of days. His former staffer and buddy -- the one whose wife Ensign had an affair with -- has done a two-part interview for a local TV show scheduled to run tonight and tomorrow night. The Las Vegas ...
“I Am Properly Addressed as Ensign Ro”
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 7/10/2009 — I was watching the end of True Blood’s first season last night and tweeted “If I’d known Ensign Ro was on True Blood I would have watched long ago.” This prompted a lot of commentary to the effect that I should have identified ...
Ensign: The Updated Timeline
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 7/10/2009 — We've already published one timeline on the Ensign saga, but we figured that, what with the new revelations of recent days, it was worth compiling an updated one. So without further ado...
• Nov 2006: Ensign is easily reelected to the U.S. ...
Ensign affair husband alleges cover up, harassment —
Daily Kos
Here's excerpts from part two of John Ralston's interview with Doug Hampton, the husband of John Ensign's mistress (full video at the Las Vegas Sun : pt. 1 | pt. 2 ): Among Hampton's allegations: Ensign "orchestrated" getting Hampton "out of his official office" Ensign's top political ...
Ensign's Mistress' Husband Speaks....The VIDEO —
Politics Daily
The Las Vegas Sun's Jon Ralston has an explosive interview with Doug Hampton, the husband of Sen. John Ensign's former mistress and a former top staffer for the senator. The first portion of the interview reveals that the affair began in 2007, when the Hamptons' home was burglarized. Rather ...
Wronged Husband Rips Ensign —
The Hollywood Liberal
Wronged Husband Rips Ensign In a must-see interview, Jon Ralston spoke to Doug Hampton, the man whose wife had an affair with Sen. John Ensign (R-NV). Among the revelations: Ensign pursued Cynthia Hampton even after Sen. ...
Did Santorum Tip Off Ensign? —
The Hollywood Liberal
Did Santorum Tip Off Ensign? A great nugget we missed from the portion of Doug Hampton's interview that aired last night... Ever since the appearance last month of the famous letter Hampton wrote to Fox News -- asking for the network's assistance in exposing John... Coburn On ...
The Ensign Affair: Why is Hampton Embarrassing “the Family”? —
Firedoglake
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Last night, Rachel did a superb job on a story we were the first to cover : Doug Hampton's efforts to get "the Family" to get John Ensign to stop sleeping with Hampton's wife (see Hampton's full interview ...
John Ensign's Letter Of Remorse —
Daily Kos
In the weeks since Senator John Ensign (R-NV) decided to man up go public with his affair before somebody else did, it has become a rarely mentioned footnote, relegated to the annals of Republican sex scandals. That is no longer the case. And after yesterday's interview with the husband of the ...
Lie down with Foxes…. —
Balloon Juice
All you Rick Santorum fans will be happy to hear this :
Doug Hampton, husband of Cindy Hampton, Sen. John Ensign’s (R-Nev.) mistress, claims that former GOP Sen. Rick Santorum (Pa.) may have tipped off his ex-colleague that the Hamptons were going public with the story over the ...
A pattern of generosity —
Ben Smith's Blog
The latest from Ensign's lawyer, Paul Coggins, casting payments to his mistress and her husband as "consistent with a pattern of generosity":
Statement on behalf of Sen. John Ensign:
In April 2008, Sen. John Ensign’s parents each made gifts to Doug Hampton, Cindy Hampton, ...
The Republican Way —
Rising Hegemon
Well, from the Bush's to the Kristol's to the Kagan's this is how it is done. But still, one does revel at the conversation that led to this : In April 2008, Senator John Ensign's parents each made gifts to Doug Hampton, Cindy Hampton, and two of their children in the form of a check totaling ...
Oh Ricky —
Eschaton
I'm sure every now and then a reporter gets to craft a sentence s/he really enjoys. Hampton initially reached out to Fox News urging them to report the affair, but Ensign admitted the affair before news outlets made it public. In an interview that aired Thursday, Hampton accused ex-Sen. Rick ...
Hush, Hush, Sweet Coburn! —
Firedoglake
With all the excitement swirling around South Carolina's Romeo governor and Alaska's Greatest Martyr, that OTHER Republican sex scandal -- you know, the one with Senator John Ensign of Nevada cuckolding his administrative assistant, Doug Hampton, who then tried to extort large sums of money ...
In Your Own House, Senator Ensign? —
Daily Kos
On the day that South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford's extended hike up and down the Appalachia Trail was revealed , Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) must have thought that he was the luckiest man alive, knowing that his own affair with a married employee was about to become old news. But that was ...
John Ensign's Letter to His Mistress —
Politics Daily
Lest you think South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford was the only wandering politician who put his thoughts in writing, The Las Vegas Sun'' s political columnist, Jon Ralston, has obtained a hand-written letter that he says is from Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) to his former mistress, Cindy Hampton. ...
Ex-Ensign aide asked for millions —
First Read
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro and Chuck ToddThe former John Ensign staffer whose wife had an affair with the senator "said Ensign abused his power, involved at least one other senator in a scheme to feign repentance, pay off Hampton's debts and quiet ...
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