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New Details Emerge in Ensign Sex Scandal

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LAS VEGAS (July 9) — Sen. John Ensign said Thursday his parents gave his mistress and her family nearly $100,000 "out of concern for the well being of longtime family friends during a difficult time," providing his first public acknowledgment that the woman received payments tied to the affair.
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Doug Hampton, the husband of Nevada Sen. John Ensign\'s former mistress, says the Republican lawmaker paid his wife more than $25,000 in severance when she stopped working for him. Hampton also claims to have a letter penned by Ensign to Cindy Hampton that reads in part, I used you for my own pleasure.