CNN’s Dana Bash and producer Ted Barrett waited outside embattled Sen. John Ensign’s (R-NV) office in Washington today and asked him about a New York Times report that he flouted a lobbying ban by directing his staff to have contact with Doug Hampton — his former mistress’s husband — in regard to Hampton’s lobbying work. Ensign also tried to help get Hampton a job after the affair had been discovered. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) confirmed on Sunday that the Senate Ethics Committee, which she chairs, has begun “a preliminary investigation” of Ensign.
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