Tom Coburn confirms he was go-between

 
BY CHRIS CASTEEL
Published: October 3, 2009

WASHINGTON — Sen. Tom Coburn said Friday that he acted as a go-between earlier this year for discussions about whether Sen. John Ensign would pay millions of dollars to his former mistress and her husband.

Coburn, R-Muskogee, said he relayed a proposal for a financial settlement to Ensign from an attorney and that Ensign rejected it.

The contacts all occurred in one afternoon, Coburn said.

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