John Ensign Could Be Indicted For Mistress-Bribery 2.71K Pareene 04/06/10 10:06AM Filed to: Scandal Scandal John Ensign Sex Politics Senate Crime Indictments Senator John Ensign may be indicted for "structuring," a fancy term for inventing made-up financial transactions to avoid embarrassing disclosures, like paying your mistress $96,000 to go away, which is what John Ensign did.