Darlene Ensign

Steve Marcus Sen. John Ensign announces he will not seek another term in 2012 during a news conference at the Lloyd George Federal Building in Las Vegas on Monday, March 7, 2011. Ensign’s wife, Darlene, stands by him at left. By Karoun Demirjian (contact) Friday, April 22, 2011 | 8:47 p.m. Ensign Announcement Photo Gallery » Face to Face: Ensign Resignation Viewing video requires the latest version of Adobe’s Flash Player Face to Face: Ensign...Read Full Story

Last summer, Sen. John Ensign was with his wife, Darlene, at Palace Station for a meeting of Nevada Republican women. It was a somewhat awkward venue, coming soon after he had confessed to an affair with his best friendÕs wife, Cynthia Hampton, who had been EnsignÕs campaign treasurer and whose husband, Doug Hampton, had been his Senate co-chief of staff. EnsignÕs chrome-colored hair just so and his shirt stiffly starched, as always, he plowed ahead. ÒI want to first acknowledge my lovely...Read Full Story

Financial disclosure reports show Republican U.S. Sen. John Ensign of Nevada has spent more than $550,000 in the past three months on legal fees. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Ensign wrote checks to a dozen law firms for himself and aides drawn into an ongoing investigation of his ethics. The Senate Ethics Committee and the U.S. Justice Department are conducting investigations into whether Ensign broke laws or Senate rules in an attempt to cover up an affair. Ensign's campaign...Read Full Story

Nevada Sen. John Ensign says he is preparing to run for a third term, despite an ongoing federal investigation into an extramarital affair with the wife of a former staffer. The Republican senator told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he remains a productive advocate for Nevada and has more to offer. Ensign aides did not immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press . It has been unclear how Ensign's 2009 affair with a former campaign aide will affect his political future...Read Full Story

Undoubtedly, having an affair with another person is considered dishonest. Moreover having an affair which happens to be a secret is surely prohibited. Have you learned that that marital affair is the same as extramarital affairs? It is same as betraying the vows between the two married people. However marital affair is becoming very typical among people, both men and women can’t stop themselves from committing marital affairs. There are two sorts of extramarital affairs such as physical and...Read Full Story

Nevada Senator -- a Darling of Social Conservatives -- Resigns GOP Leadership Post After Admitting He Had an Extramarital Affair; Latest Sex Scandal to Rock Republicans Is Making Mincemeat Out of Social Conservatives' Holier-Than-Thou Moralism Another one bites the dust: Senator John Ensign (R-Nevada) speaks to reporters in Las Vegas Wednesday after announcing that he was resigning from his post as head of the Republican Policy Committee. On Tuesday, Ensign stunned his Republican colleagues...Read Full Story

Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians" for 2009 Please accept my wishes for a Happy New Year. As many of you know, it has become something of a New Year's tradition for Judicial Watch to comb through its files for the year to determine which politicians earn the dubious distinction of being the most corrupt in Washington. The following is Judicial Watch's 2009 "top ten" list in alphabetical order : Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) : This marks two...Read Full Story

Nevada politics were thrown into turmoil, and the stateÕs Republican Party suffered another serious setback Tuesday as Sen. John Ensign acknowledged an extramarital affair with a staff member who was the wife of a top aide to the senator. The woman is believed to be Cynthia Hampton, then-treasurer of the senatorÕs campaign and political action committee. Her husband, Doug Hampton, was a senior member of EnsignÕs Senate staff. EnsignÕs afternoon news conference at the Lloyd D. George Federal...Read Full Story

Judicial Watch http://www.judicialwatch.org/ listed their top ten most corrupt politicians of 2009 with explanations. This is an excellent read and quite accurate. Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” for 2009 Washington, DC Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2009 list of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians." The list, in alphabetical order, includes...Read Full Story

Senator Ensign: Under normal circumstances the act of defrauding the federal government of a half million dollars would be a serious matter. It seems that in Attorney General Holder's Justice Department, if the fraud involves a close friend, namely Vernon Jordan, it is not even considered a crime. On Friday January 15, 2010 I was interviewed by Deputy U.S. Marshal xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx, U.S. District Court, 3rd & Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001, telephone: 202 xxx xxxx. The...Read Full Story