Foley Interviewed About Page Last Year Democrats Not Told

[thepurpose]

Foley Interviewed About Page Last Year; Democrats Not Told
Ethics Inquiry Ordered

By John Bresnahan and Susan Davis
Roll Call


Friday, Sept. 29; 10:58 pm

Ex-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.), who resigned Friday after reports of his improper communications with a former male House page were made public, was interviewed about some of those contacts by the chairman of the House Page Board and the then-Clerk of the House last year.

And late Friday night, the House passed a resolution directing the ethics committee to begin an inquiry into Foley’s behavior.

"I'll just simply say that the House has given us direction to look into this matter and we intend to do so," said Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.), chairman of the ethics panel.

Ranking member Howard Berman (D-Calif.) added that they will do it "quickly."

Both Hastings and Berman declined to comment when asked if they would look specifically into leadership and when they knew information about Foley.

At least four Republican House Members, one senior GOP aide and a former top officer of the House were aware of the allegations about Foley that prompted the initial reporting regarding his e-mail contacts with a 16-year-old House page. They include: Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Reynolds (N.Y.) and Reps. Rodney Alexander (R-La.) and John Shimkus (R-Ill.), as well as a senior aide to Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and former Clerk of the House Jeff Trandahl.

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/15259-1.html

[ClintonTyree]

1. They all knew.........

and did absolutely nothing about it. After they contacted the boy's parents and were assured that they thought nothing of it. :wtf: A middle aged man is hitting on your son and you think nothing of it? I call B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T The parents were probably pressured to "think nothing of it", Foley being a good, moral, upstanding Republican of course. :eyes: Something stinks to high heaven here and and hopefully an investigation will bring the truth out into the light of day. Unless they put Lee Hamilton on the team, then you can bet they'll find no evidence of wrong-doing. :eyes:

[thepurpose]

2. Well the way GOP supporters seem to think in lock step, it might be okay

for their leaders to hit on their kids.

[Submariner]

3. GOP = Gathering Of Pedophiles

I guess Bush never gets mad when they tell him his party is blowing children.

Is "Religious Right" code for fisting a child while Hastert watches the door?