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No longer with the police force. wilson has been getting death threats, according to his attorneys, who also say he made his decision to resign minutes after hearing from the police chief that others could be in danger. chief jackson would not go into details about the threats. >> were there threats to the department and him as well? >> there have been. >> you take these seriously? >> absolutely. >> what made them credible? >> whos making the threat and their capabilities to carry it out. thats ...

Hampton constituted employment discrimination on the basis of sex in the form of sexual harassment and referred to the press report in which an anonymous source stated that the senator had made a severance payment to ms. hampton it. goes on to specify how they asked to you submit more documentation. you did. and then following that, they began their investigation. the report issues no other initiating action other than getting your request for the investigation. how do you feel this evening havi...

Identified as ms. hampton. on june 24, 2009, the committee received a request for investigation of senator john ensign from crew. the request alleged that senator ensigns conduct with cynthia hampton constituted employment discrimination on the basis of sex in the form of sexual harassment and referred to the press report in which an anonymous source stated that the senator had made a severance payment to ms. hampton it. goes on to specify how they asked to you submit more documentation. you did...

>> melanie, one of the surprising things in what the ethics committee reported today is that there are no surprises, that the story actually unfolds once fully investigated exactly the way it seemed to, as these facts were coming out in dribs and drabs in press reports. >> thats exactly right. the one thing that had never seemed trueç at all was when m ensign had said the $96,000 that was paid to the hamptons was really just a gift from his parents. and that of course seemed like severance rig...

Ensigns conduct with cynthia hampton constituted employment discrimination on the basis of sex in the form of sexual harassment and referred to the press report in which an anonymous source stated that the senator had made a severance payment to ms. hampton it. goes on to specify how they asked to you submit more documentation. you did. and then following that, they began their investigation. the report issues no other initiating action other than getting your request for the investigation. how ...

2009, john ensign got caught cheating on his wife. he was shtooping one of his own staffers, who was married to another staffer, all of which was taking place as he was serving as the republican partys senate campaign chairman. in the next election, the republicans lost a ton of seats in the senate. when john ensigns affair was outed, the senator cut both of the staffers in the situation loose. he cut loose the one he was shtooping and the one he was married to. both of them had to leave john en...

Me it was scheduled for may 4th. its not an accident. he timed the actual departure to be may third. >> in terms of the universe types of investigations that the senate ethics committee does, how big an investigation was this and what do you know about what specifically they were looking at in terms of the senator? >> this is a pretty -- you know, this is a comprehensive deeply digging they have done since the 1990s when they looked at senator packwood who resigned after they recommended he be e...