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Last month beleaguered GOP Sen. John Ensign announced that he wouldn’t seek reelection in 2012. But today his aides revealed that Ensign will resign tomorrow. Ensign has fallen under investigation by the ethics committee in the wake of an alleged sexual relationship with an aide and accusations that he steered business to her lobbyist husband. His departure could clear the …

Scandal-plagued adulterer and defender of marriage Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) announced today that he will not seek reelection in 2012. Nevada Sen. John Ensign, facing an ethics investigation stemming from an affair with a campaign aide, said Monday he would not seek reelection because he wanted to spare his family from an “exceptionally ugly” campaign. “At this point in my …

The New York Times has uncovered serious ethical violations committed by anti-gay Sen. John “Defender Of Marriage” Ensign. This new information is related to the adultery scandal Ensign confessed to early in the summer. Rachel Maddow lays it all out below.

And the mysterious C Street House story gets better and better.

The family of GOP Sen. John “Defender Of Marriage” Ensign paid his mistress $96,000 out of the kindness of their hearts. Not as hush money. Totally not. Ensign’s lawyer: In April 2008, Senator John Ensign’s parents each made gifts to Doug Hampton, Cindy Hampton, and two of their children in the form of a check totaling $96,000. Each gift was …

And yet Sen. Ensign has not resigned.

Ensign has resigned from a GOP leadership post, but not from his Senate seat.

Presumed 2012 GOP presidential candidate Sen. John “Defender of Marriage” Ensign (R-NV), who has a 100% rating from the Christian Coalition, has admitted to an extramarital affair with a campaign staffer. Oh, and there’s blackmail involved too. The news certainly damages any hope Ensign has of running for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012 – he had fueled speculation about …