Why is there a probe for John Edwards 'hush money' and no probe

[malaise]

for Mike Ensign and his parents hush money.

[WCGreen]

1. i would imagine that they want ot make sure no campaign funds were involved...

[CTyankee]

2. I wondered about that myself. Perhaps because JRE's people funnelled

the hush money through the campaign coffers so that there is a certain amount of the public's interest involved?

[Ninga]

3. Democratic probes are more interesting than Republican one? Because the prober's are feeling

a need to probe and found a probee that wasn't Cheney, Bush, the Bush Justice Department, the SCOTUS.......

That's why.

[maddezmom]

4. a prelim one has started. FBI starts Ensign probe

WASHINGTON -- The FBI has begun to investigate allegations of wrongdoing in the scandal surrounding Sen. John Ensign's extramarital affair and his efforts to find the woman's husband work as a lobbyist, sources said Tuesday.

Agents have requested to meet with former Ensign aides and associates in what appears to be a preliminary look at the matter involving the senator and Doug Hampton, a former administrative assistant who has accused Ensign of circumventing the law in an attempt to smooth over an affair he had with Hampton's wife.

The FBI queries to Ensign associates have come via phone calls and not personal visits, suggesting it is not yet an urgent matter for the agency. There is little evidence to suggest it will become a full-blown criminal investigation, sources said.

Still, the involvement of federal law enforcers deepens the hole in which Ensign finds himself after admitting in June that he had a nine-month affair in 2007-08 with Cindy Hampton, a friend of his wife and a former finance aide on his two political committees.

more: http://www.lvrj.com/news/fbi-starts-ensign-probe-82143547.html

[malaise]

5. Thank you

The hacks at M$Greedia sure keep ReTHUG scandals 'hushed'. :hi: