WASHINGTON, March 24 (UPI) -- A federal grand jury Thursday charged Douglas Hampton, a former assistant to U.S. Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., with violating criminal conflict-of-interest laws.
The District of Columbia jury indicted Hampton, 48, on seven counts of violating criminal conflict-of-interest laws for making prohibited communications to a Senate office, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen of the District of Columbia; and James W. McJunkin, assistant director in charge of the FBI's Washington Field Office, announced in a release.