Ensign's mistress' salary doubled during affair (Salon)

[struggle4progress]

By itself, the revelation of Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign's affair would probably have been out of the news by now. Sex scandals are passé in the political world these days. But now there's money involved, too.

There were already rumors that blackmail was involved in Ensign's sudden disclosure, but a report from the Las Vegas Sun could pose more trouble for the senator. The paper reports that Ensign's mistress, Cynthia Hampton, saw her salary for working at his political action committee double during their affair, going from about $1,400 per month to almost $2,800 in 2008 until she left the PAC not long thereafter ...

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/06/18/ensign/

[David__77]

1. It would be good to get him out. Too bad there's no Democratic governor.

Still, it'd be good to get him out.

[struggle4progress]

5. If Repubbie Gov Gibbons makes a replacement appointment, it will focus nice attention

on him and the lawsuit Mazzeo filed, claiming he attacked her in a garage in 2006

[GoesTo11]

2. That's cause he was paying for sex with her

He also paid the husband (basically his chief of staff) some increase. That's probably cause they were all having sex together. That's the part they don't want to leak.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/16/john-ensign-affair-gop-se_n_216451.html

[Old and In the Way]

4. Sounds like a Quid Pro QuoQuo

No way hubby was unaware of what was happening.

[MADem]

3. Well, did he get what he paid for? nt