Dennis Hastert today vowed accountability in the Foley scandal:
Mr. Hastert, speaking to journalists in Aurora, Ill., in a question-and-answer session that illustrated how the Foley scandal is pushing other issues onto the sidelines, said he believed his assistants had handled the Foley affair “as well as they should.”
“However, in 20-20 hindsight, probably you could do everything a little bit better,” the speaker continued. “But if there is a problem, if there was a cover-up, then we should find that out through the investigation process.”
He said he first learned of Mr. Foley’s interest in former pages, and his e-mail messages to them, “last Friday. That was the first information that I had about it.” By “last Friday,” Mr. Hastert apparently meant Sept. 29, the day Mr. Foley abruptly resigned his seat after the explosive revelations of his sexually suggestive e-mails.
Mr. Hastert noted that the episode is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the House Ethics Committee. Anyone queried will be under oath “and we’ll find out,” he said. “If they did cover something up, then they should not continue to have their jobs.”
Does this mean he has to fire himself?
South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press
The Blog of South Brunswick
Hank Kalet 