Ensign Divorces His Wife

Former Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), “who resigned amid ethics investigations in 2011, finalized a divorce from his wife of 31 years last week,” the Las Vegas Review Journal reports.

“Ensign’s political career started to unravel after revelations that he’d had an affair with Cindy Hampton, the wife of his Senate administrative aide, Doug Hampton. Ensign dismissed Doug Hampton from his Senate office after the affair came to light, and Ensign’s parents made a $96,000 payment to the Hampton family that Doug Hampton said was a severance payment.”