FBI Gets Involved in Sen. John Ensign Affair (C.R.E.W. Comments)

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Source: Las Vegas Sun

FBI Gets Involved in Sen. John Ensign Affair
By Lisa Mascaro (contact)
Published Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 | 9:10 a.m.
Updated 41 minutes ago

WASHINGTON -- The FBI has begun interviewing former aides to Republican Sen. John Ensign as it probes the fallout from the Nevadan’s affair, the Sun has confirmed.

The senator’s former staff members are being contacted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of an initial inquiry, but with no clear evidence of a full-fledged criminal investigation. The probe was first reported by Politico. “The FBI has been out making contact with people in the Ensign case,” a source with knowledge of the investigation told the Sun.

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Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, reiterated calls for Ensign to resign. “The fact that the FBI is investigating makes clear that no one -- not even a powerful United States senator -- is above the law,” Sloan said. “It is time for him to resign.”

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Sloan, whose organization initially called for investigations, suggests “there is reason to believe Sen. Ensign was involved in at least two felonies: conspiring to help former aide Doug Hampton violate the lobbying ban, and failing to report to the FEC the $96,000 severance payment made to Cynthia Hampton.”

Read more: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jan/19/fbi-gets-involved-sen-john-ensign-affair

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1. heh heh.

K&R

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2. makes clear that no one -- not even a powerful United States senator -- is above the law,”

Bush*, Cheney, Yoo, Bradley, Addington, Libby, Feith, Perle, yep no one is above the Law...

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3. One down.

About 67 to go.

Could it be this turd has a future home in zip code 25-40 -- without the possibility of parole?