Today Newt Gingrich told FOX News that if the Republicans investigated Foley then they would have been accused of “gay bashing” (HT TP). This has so many levels of absurd. This also proves the point that Republicans were putting politics above child safety. So if they investigated and the case turned out to be true […]
It has gotten much worse in the entire Mark Foley scandal. Aravosis caught tonight’s ABC news report, and more teens have come forward. As another update, I have added on my open letter to John Boehner and will be posting it tomorrow. I am also submitting to the local papers around here, since we are […]
Well I just got home and look what I see: The FBI has opened a “preliminary investigation” of disgraced former Congressman Mark Foley over the sexually explicit Internet messages he sent to congressional pages, all male high school students under the age of 18. Agents in the FBI’s Cyber Division have already begun to examine […]
Today’s New York Times article covering the developments in the Foley case has one key paragraph that must be addressed: At the Justice Department, an official said that no investigation was under way but that the agency had “real interest” in examining the circumstances to see if any crimes were committed. Why is an investigation […]
To find the answer to that question, we have to turn no further than the dKospedia. Edison Misla Aldarondo, Republican legislator, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for molestation of his daughter and her friend for eight-year period starting when they were 9. Randal David Ankeney, Republican activist, arrested on suspicion of sexual assault […]
Think Progress is compiling a very nice timeline of the Foley incident. I want to bring to attention a certain date range so you can see if you notice what is missing: 2005 — Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) sends inappropriate emails to another former Congressional page. [CREW] SEPTEMBER 2005 — Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-LA), who […]
Tomorrow’s Washington Post gives us the insight to the meltdown happening within the GOP over Foley: Republican insiders said Reynolds spoke out because he was angry that Hastert appeared willing to let him take the blame for the party leadership’s silence. A House GOP leadership aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear […]
This was reported on Wednesday. I was planning on posting about it and totally forgot. Luckily Larry Johnson didn’t forget. Now the time is appropriate to read: Metropolitan Police today charged the director of human resources at The Washington Times with one count of attempting to entice a minor on the Internet. Randall Casseday, 53, […]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 /U.S. Newswire/ — Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today called upon the House of Representatives to appoint an outside counsel to investigate the House leadership’s role in covering up Rep. Mark Foley’s (R-FL) inappropriate email exchanges with a sixteen-year-old former House page. Several members of the Republican leadership have […]
Hastert’s office has released a press statement regarding the Speaker’s knowledge of the Foley incident. It leaves a lot of questions unanswered, but none greater than this: Congressman Tom Reynolds in a statement issued today indicates that many months later, in the spring of 2006, he was approached by Congressman Alexander who mentioned the Foley […]