Stan in Legal Times Blog re Ensign

Stan Brand of the Brand Law Group, a government ethics lawyer, said that, "on the face of it, someone is going to investigate this," both the Justice Department and the Senate Ethics Committee as possibilities. Brand stressed that he wasn't saying that Ensign is guilty of anything, but said the allegations in the story raise the possibility of charges.

What’s the next move? "You get a very good criminal lawyer," Brand said.

It isn't clear whether Ensign has already done so, but others agree with Brand. Thomas Green, a partner at Sidley Austin, said the information in the article likely warrants an investigation, and it could go in multiple directions. “It’s not an attractive situation,” he said

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