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WASHINGTON — Republican John Ensign of Nevada apologized Monday to an all-but-empty Senate chamber for his extramarital affair with a former aide and hoped aloud that his legislative record would speak as his legacy.
Not a single colleague came to hear him speak.
Ensign announced in June 2009 that he had an extramarital affair with Cynthia Hampton, a former member of his campaign staff. Amid the scandal, his parents provided the Hamptons with $96,000, described as a gift, and Ensign helped find Doug Hampton, the husband, a lobbying job. The senator announced his resignation in late April.
