Qtec
06-01-2012, 04:09 AM
This was a load of BS from the start. Why is he on trial and Coburn not?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">REPORT: Sen. Tom Coburn Actively Negotiated Multi-Million Dollar Hush Money Package For Ensign’s Mistress
<span style="color: #3333FF">Perjury.</span> link (http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/tom_coburn_denies_negotiating_cash_payout_for_john _ensigns_mistress_and_her_husband.php)
After a 22-month investigation, the Senate Ethics Committee released a report on the conduct of Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), who resigned early this month. <span style='font-size: 14pt'>The report contains voluminous evidence suggesting Ensign may have violated several laws in an effort to cover up an affair with a member of his staff.</span> The committee has referred the matter to the Department of Justice.
Contained in the 67-page report, however, is troubling evidence of <span style='font-size: 17pt'>the central role that current Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) played in trying to keep Ensign’s mistress and her husband quiet — evidence that contradicts Coburn’s previous public statements on the matter.</span> </div></div> link (http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/05/12/165977/ensign-report-fingers-tom-coburn/)
..and what is the result? What is his punishment?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">WASHINGTON — The Senate Ethics committee has admonished Republican Sen. Tom Coburn over his involvement with a staffer to former Sen. John Ensign.
In a letter released Friday, the six-member panel said Coburn's communications and actions with Doug Hampton were improper conduct and warranted a public letter of qualified admonition. The committee said contact between the two violated the Senate rule barring contact on legislative matters within the first year of a staffer's departure.
The panel said the letter closes the matter. </div></div>
Enough said.
Q
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">REPORT: Sen. Tom Coburn Actively Negotiated Multi-Million Dollar Hush Money Package For Ensign’s Mistress
<span style="color: #3333FF">Perjury.</span> link (http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/tom_coburn_denies_negotiating_cash_payout_for_john _ensigns_mistress_and_her_husband.php)
After a 22-month investigation, the Senate Ethics Committee released a report on the conduct of Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), who resigned early this month. <span style='font-size: 14pt'>The report contains voluminous evidence suggesting Ensign may have violated several laws in an effort to cover up an affair with a member of his staff.</span> The committee has referred the matter to the Department of Justice.
Contained in the 67-page report, however, is troubling evidence of <span style='font-size: 17pt'>the central role that current Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) played in trying to keep Ensign’s mistress and her husband quiet — evidence that contradicts Coburn’s previous public statements on the matter.</span> </div></div> link (http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/05/12/165977/ensign-report-fingers-tom-coburn/)
..and what is the result? What is his punishment?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">WASHINGTON — The Senate Ethics committee has admonished Republican Sen. Tom Coburn over his involvement with a staffer to former Sen. John Ensign.
In a letter released Friday, the six-member panel said Coburn's communications and actions with Doug Hampton were improper conduct and warranted a public letter of qualified admonition. The committee said contact between the two violated the Senate rule barring contact on legislative matters within the first year of a staffer's departure.
The panel said the letter closes the matter. </div></div>
Enough said.
Q