Republican Cronyism - Appointing Loyalists Over More Qualified Candidates
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11/05/20
Had a yearslong extramarital affair with a woman who worked for a Republican state senator and was able to keep it secret by using a fake Uber account to rendezvous with her and then facilitated her transfer to a job working for a wealthy business executive and donor he was criminally involved withAccording to two people with direct knowledge who spoke on condition of anonymity with The Associated Press
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John EnsignFmr. U.S. Senator [R-NV]30 Years in GOP
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