Former Justice Official: Criminal Probe of Ensign 'Likely'

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Source: Fox News

A former Department of Justice Public Integrity official says a criminal investigation by U.S. attorneys of Nevada Sen. John Ensign "is likely."

A former Department of Justice Public Integrity official says a criminal investigation by U.S. attorneys of Nevada Sen. John Ensign "is likely."

It's "hard to say what, exactly, the charges could be," says Peter Zeidenberg, who was one of the lead prosecutors against Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff who was convicted of lying and obstructing an investigation into the outing of a CIA official.

But "based on media reports, a range of statutes might be implicated," Zeidenberg told FOX News.

Ensign, a Republican, is in hot water for an extramarital affair he had with a campaign aide -- including reports that he tried to hide it by finding a consulting and lobbying job for his mistress' husband, Doug Hampton, that he arranged for a $96,000 payment to the couple and that he promoted and gave pay raises to his mistress around the time of the affair.

The Justice Department is expected to decide within weeks whether to pursue an investigation, Politico reported Wednesday.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/14/justice-official-ensign-probe-likely/

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1. A "former" official says its "likely"? Like the Bush impeachment?

[Aragorn]

2. but

no pardon.

[hmorehead]

3. "if" it happens, no fucking pardon.

[tonysam]

4. Oh, it probably will happen

But then again, I think there ought to be criminal investigations of virtually ALL of our senators for selling the American people down the river in favor of their contributors.