If you read just one lurid John Ensign story, today make it this juicy little blast from Reuters. It gots its hands on a sampling of more than 1,000 sensitive emails -- fresh information -- t hat may seal Ensign's prosecution:
A Reuters examination of the Ensign probe shows the case then took a sudden turn: Ensign reversed course and handed over more than 1,000 sensitive emails between himself and his attorneys and other top advisers. The decision "puzzled" congressional investigators who thought they would never see the emails and baffled even most of his own closest advisers, say people close to the case. That decision would also reverse Ensign's legal fate: even after he resigned on May 3, the Senate Ethics Committee continued its probe and concluded he violated federal criminal laws and should have been expelled from the Senate. The Justice Department, which had cleared Ensign, is now almost certain to reopen its criminal investigation, attorneys close to the case told Reuters.
