Senator John Ensign’s (R-NV) “legal expenses have jumped amid the fallout of his extramarital affair with a former staffer, according to new filings released Friday afternoon,” POLITICO reports.
In the last quarter of 2009, the Nevada Republican dipped into his campaign account to pay nearly $18,000 in legal fees to the firm Fish & Richardson, where he had retained legal counsel. In the prior quarter, covering expenses between July 1 and Sept. 30, Ensign paid the firm just $850 for legal fees.
The disclosure suggests that Ensign could be facing growing scrutiny from federal authorities in the aftermath of his June revelation that he carried on an affair with former campaign aide Cynthia Hampton.
Ensign’s report also “shows that he has virtually stopped fundraising in the aftermath of the scandal, an unusual tack for a senator who may face a tough reelection in 2012.”
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