FBI probing Ensign scandal
Politico reports today that the FBI has begun interviewing witnesses in the scandal involving Sen. John Ensign (R-NV).
In light of this revelation, Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), issued a statement:
"It is not surprising that the FBI is investigating because 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.
"The fact that the FBI is investigating makes clear that no one -- not even a powerful United States senator -- is above the law. It is time for him to resign."
For copies of the letters that CREW sent last year raising serious ethics concerns about Ensign, click here.
In this video clip, Sloan tells ABC's "Nightline" why Ensign's behavior is so troubling.
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Nothing will appear of this SK0-002. Republicans never accept to pay the piper for misdeeds. Now if it was a democrat, they would already be in cloister and impeached. Republicans advance charmed lives SY0-101. They can lie, cheat, whatever with impunity. Its actual telling. They can get abroad with it, just like 8 years of abolition of the abridgement and a adopted country after even adage I'm sorry XK0-002
. This is addition decay of taxpayers money. He will coast, as usual.
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