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The John Ensign scandal related to revelations in 2009 of an extramarital affair between United States Senator John Ensign from Nevada and campaign aide Cynthia Hampton from 2007 to 2008, and actions taken by Ensign to keep the affair secret. He was investigated for potential violations of federal rules about conflict of interest after he arranged for Doug Hampton, Cynthia's husband and formerly a top staffer in his Washington, DC office, to gain a private lobbying job and apparently used his federal position to benefit Hampton's clients. Ensign resigned from the Senate in 2011 during a Senate Ethics Committee investigation and returned to Las Vegas, Nevada. The committee turned its report over to the Department of Justice for investigation of potential violation of laws. The DOJ found evidence of strong-arm tactics, but decided against prosecution of Ensign, according to internal federal documents released under an FOIA in late 2014.〔 Doug Hampton was prosecuted and reached a plea deal with the government in May 2012. ==Affair== At the time of the affair, Cynthia Hampton worked for Ensign as treasurer of the Senate and Battle Born PAC (a conservative political action committee of which Ensign was the honorary chairman). She and her husband Douglas Hampton were close friends of Ensign and his wife; Doug worked as a top administrative aide in Senator Ensign’s Capitol Hill office.〔Herszenhorn, David M., ("Senator Ensign Admits Extramarital Affair" ), ''The New York Times'' Caucus blog, June 16, 2009, 6:24 pm EDT. Retrieved 6/16/09.〕 When the affair was revealed by Doug Hampton in 2009, an Ensign spokesperson asserted that it had occurred between December 2007 and August 2008,〔 but Hampton said that it began at Christmas 2006.〔 Neither of the Hamptons worked for Ensign after May 2008.〔(AP foreign, "Sen. Ensign admits affair with ex-campaign staffer" ), ''The Guardian,'' 16 June 2009, accessed 20 October 2015〕 Cynthia Hampton never spoke publicly about the affair. She testified to the Senate Ethics Committee in 2011 in its investigation.〔(Laura Myers, "Ensign's former mistress speaks in ethics report" ), ''Las Vegas Review-Journal,'' 13 May 2011, accessed 20 October 2015〕
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