The news is a buzz with word that former Senator John Edwards could face indictment today for funneling campaign cash to his mistress: Criminal charges are expected to be filed Friday against two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, the result of an investigation into campaign cash allegedly funneled to the woman he had an out-of-wedlock […]
The AP is reporting that John Ensign, the Senator from Nevada who has a problem keeping it in his pants, won’t seek re-election. Looks like we could see another interesting Nevada Senate race next year.
The Wikileaks document dump is bringing some in the Senate to action: Sens. John Ensign (R-Nev.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Scott Brown (R-Mass.) introduced a bill Thursday aimed at stopping WikiLeaks by making it illegal to publish the names of military or intelligence community informants. Ensign accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his “cronies” of […]
Kind of shocking – a Republican in an affair scandal that actually resigns? He certainly isn’t a typical Republican like David Vitter, John Ensign or Mark Sanford: Indiana congressman Mark Souder (R) will resign his seat after an affair with a staffer came to light, he said in a statement this morning. “It is with […]
With an ethics probe and calls for resignation mounting against John Ensign, the embattled Senator has one friend willing to lie for him – Joe Scarborough. This morning while discussing the ongoing trouble for Ensign, Scarborough asked if anyone called for John Edwards to resign when his affair came out. Wait! Edwards resign? Joe apparently […]
More trouble for old John: A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. has issued document subpoenas to at least a half-dozen Nevada companies with ties to Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), a sign that the criminal probe into Ensign’s romantic relationship with a former aide is accelerating. The existence of the subpoenas was first reported by […]
Just in time for the next election cycle: The Senate Ethics Committee has begun issuing subpoenas to those caught up in the sex and lobbying scandal surrounding Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) and his former aides, Doug and Cindy Hampton. Several people close to the scandal said they received document subpoenas on Thursday from the committee […]
Drudge is pushing this right wing rumor that President Obama was checking out some 16 year olds ass while at the G8: Oh and here’s the really bad part. That “Second Stimulus Package” is a joke referring to the picture that links to the picture on Yahoo. Even 6 out of 7 of Drudge’s top […]
So John Ensign decided to pay his booty call $25,000? That sure sounds like prostitution, but may have other legal implications instead: Hampton said Ensign paid the woman $25,000 in severance when she stopped working for the senator. If true, Ensign faces a possible felony violation of campaign finance law if he paid the severance […]
I find it very interesting that Mark Sanford is now equating himself to King David: I have been doing a lot of soul searching on that front. What I find interesting is the story of David, and the way in which he fell mightily, he fell in very very significant ways. But then picked up […]