{"id":387363,"date":"2011-04-22T00:09:18","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T00:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/22\/us-sex-pay-probe-senator-resigns\/"},"modified":"2011-04-22T00:09:18","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T00:09:18","slug":"us-sex-pay-probe-senator-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/22\/us-sex-pay-probe-senator-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"US sex pay probe senator resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"77.6897849462\"><span><span>21 April 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>20:09 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A Republican senator from Nevada has resigned amid a probe into his admitted sexual affair with a campaign aide.<\/p>\n<p>John Ensign had been under investigation after disclosures his wealthy parents paid the aide and her husband $96,000 (\u00a358,000).<\/p>\n<p>The aide&#8217;s husband was on his Senate staff, and the payments coincided with the sexual affair and with the couple&#8217;s departure from his employment.<\/p>\n<p>The former casino manager denied he had violated laws or Senate rules.<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;Personal cost&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will not continue to subject my family, my constituents, or the Senate to any further rounds of investigation, depositions, drawn out proceedings, or especially public hearings,&#8221; he said in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ensign.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm?FuseAction=Media.PressReleases&#038;ContentRecord_id=7a45f991-d28d-3d49-a832-153b2305910b\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For my family and me, this continued personal cost is simply too great.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ensign has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing, but the Senate Ethics Committee continues to investigate him.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Mr Ensign announced he would not run for re-election in November 2012, touching off what is expected to be a bitter fight for his seat, which analysts consider a potential gain for the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, Mr Ensign admitted he had had an affair with Cynthia Hampton.<\/p>\n<p>His lawyer then revealed his wealthy parents paid $96,000 to her and her husband Doug Hampton and their children &#8220;out of concern for [their] well-being&#8221;, describing the money as a gift.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Mr Ensign has acknowledged he helped Mr Hampton secure lobbying clients.<\/p>\n<p>Nevada&#8217;s Republican Governor Brian Sandoval will now appoint a successor, who will then be positioned to win Mr Ensign&#8217;s seat for a full term in the November 2012 poll.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-us-canada-13166485\" title=\"US sex pay probe senator resigns\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US sex pay probe senator resigns<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 21 April 2011 Last updated at 20:09 ET A Republican senator from Nevada has resigned amid a probe into his admitted sexual affair with a campaign aide. 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