Ensign staff tell ethics panel inquiry that lobbying rule-breaking was known - TheHill.com
Apparently Ensign staffers knew they were busting rules when they helped set up another Ensign staffer as a lobbyist as a hush pay off.
In depositions to the Senate Ethics Committee, staffers for Sen. John Ensign have said the Nevada Republican and his senior aides knew a one-year lobbying ban was being broken when they helped a former staffer set up a short-lived career on K Street, according to two sources close to the investigation.