Cover-Ups, Not Adultery, Cause Legal Problems

• By C. Simon Davidson
• May 31, 2011, Midnight

Former Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) resigned last month amid a Senate Ethics Committee investigation of his conduct relating to an affair with a former campaign worker. According to the committee's report, the conduct that could expose Ensign to liability is not the affair itself, but rather what he did after the affair.