Nov 24, 2009

Senator's Affair Revealed in Text Message

By KEVIN FREKING

WASHINGTON (Nov. 23) -- A Nevada man whose wife had an affair with Sen. John Ensign said he discovered the relationship after intercepting a text message around Christmas in 2007.
"How wonderful it is. ... Scared, but excited."
Doug Hampton recounted the text message during an interview for broadcast Monday night on ABC's "Nightline." The interview covers a lot of ground already made public since Ensign, R-Nev., acknowledged the extramarital affair in June, but provides new details about how the affair was discovered as well as the senator's reaction when Hampton confronted him.