[lit-ideas] Re: Another Republican sex predator
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 17:28:01 -0700
More news.
Up to this afternoon, the Republicans thought they could just send this issue to the House
Ethics Committee (which they control).
But now, House Speaker Hastert has just asked the Justice Dept to start a criminal
investigation.
In a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Hastert urged the Justice Department to
look into who knew about the content of any sexually explicit messages involving Foley "and
what actions such individuals took, if any, to provide them to law enforcement." "I request
that the scope of your investigation include any and all individuals who may have been aware
of this matter -- be they members of Congress, employees of the House of Representatives or
anyone outside the Congress," Hastert wrote.
Under laws that Congressman Foley helped write, soliciting sex from a minor online is a
federal crime. These crimes are far outside the scope of any congressional committee, and
the attorney general should open a full-scale investigation immediately.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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