Nevada Republican Scandals | Updated List of GOP Scandals in NV
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Nevada Republican U.S. Congress Member & Candidate Scandals
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John EnsignFmr. U.S. Senator [R-NV]30 Years in GOP
11/23/09
Had a yearlong extramarital affair with his co-chief of staff who also happened to be the wife of his close friend and got caught when his friend saw a text message Ensign sent to his wifeAccording to multiple news reports and a Senate Ethics Committee investigation
7/09/09
Had his parents pay his close friend and his friend's wife who he had an affair with $96,000 to keep them both quiet and used his influence to get his friend a corporate lobbying job, all of which resulted in him eventually resigning from the senateAccording to reports by mainstream media outlets
Nevada Republican Finance Official Scandals
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John ChartierFmr. County Treasurer [R-NV]
5/26/10
Had his longtime friend murder his ex-wife and her father at their home out of a bitter custody dispute over their young son in which she planned to move out of the state away from him but unfortunately was too lateAccording to a jury who found him guilty of murder