Another Foley Scandal?
On the Chris Matthews weekend show, NBC News Correspondent Chip Reed said the Mark Foley scandal will widen.
Reed said the House Ethics Investigation will broaden which indicates there are many more key players involved than first reported.
The revealing fact is no report will surface until after the November elections.
Will the Republican controlled Ethics Committee wait until after the elections to say all is well, or will they do their job and bring their fellow GOP mates down?
By looking at past events, isn't it beneficial to the Republicans to claim they are widening the investigation until election season is over?
posted by Larry at 12:37 PM
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When ABC did a story about the former House clerk trying to keep track of congressmen who had inappropriate interactions with pages, he NEEDED a list, so it must be many more than ONE.....
Trandahl Names Kolbe as a 'Problem' With Page Program, Source Says
A source close to former House Clerk Jeff Trandahl told ABC News that Arizona Congressman Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) was one of a small number of "problem members" of Congress who page program supervisors complained spent too much time socializing with pages, taking them to dinner or sporting events outside of official duties.
Mark Foley was also on the list.
The source said Trandahl frequently cautioned both congressmen that "adults should hang out with adults, pages should hang out with pages," a message Trandahl also conveyed to pages during their orientation.
Yesterday in Tucson, in his first meeting with reporters since returning from a European vacation, when asked by ABC News about Trandahl's reported allegations, Kolbe responded, "I would love to comment on a lot of these things, but I think it's just appropriate to say we're cooperating fully with all the inquiries."
Kolbe was also asked by reporters to respond to reports that the U.S. Attorney in Phoenix has opened a preliminary inquiry into a 1996 camping trip Kolbe took with two high school boys, both former pages, following a report by MSNBC that one adult member of the trip was "creeped out" by "fawning, petting and touching" on the arms, shoulders and back of one of the teenagers by Kolbe.
"I know there are a number of inquiries underway, and we're cooperating fully with all those inquiries, and I'm sure at the end of the time it will show that we acted appropriately and did exactly the right thing," Kolbe said.
Notice the words small number, and List. Two repugs have been pointed out, I wonder how many others are worried?
Well if the dems retake control of the house, the number of repugs who have to for some reason quit will be instructive as to how deep this and other scandals really go.
If the Dems don't take the House you can bet this will be dropped like a hot coal and some understaffer blamed.
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