Ex-House clerk set to testify on Foley

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By LARRY MARGASAK Associated Press Writer
© 2006 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A former House clerk said to have confronted then-Rep. Mark Foley about his come-ons to male congressional pages sat down Thursday for questioning by the ethics committee.

Former House Clerk Jeff Trandahl did not answer reporters' questions when he entered the panel's offices in Capitol basement around 9 a.m. EDT. He seemed certain, however, to be asked what he knew about how the Hastert handled the problem.

Trandahl's lawyer said his client might issue a statement later in the day.

At issue in the ethics committee investigation is how Hastert's office dealt with the knowledge that the Florida Republican was sending inappropriate e-mails to teenage congressional pages. The answers could affect not just Hastert but the prospects for control of the House when voters cast ballots in the Nov. 7 midterm elections.

more:http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4272514.html



Former House Clerk Jeff Trandahl arrives to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006 before the House Ethics Committee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci
EVAN VUCCI: AP

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1. Ted Van Der Meid

The former clerk of the House of Representatives, Jeff Trandahl, who testified for more than four hours before the House Ethics Committee today, is believed to have testified that a top aide to House Speaker Dennis Hastert was informed of "all issues dealing with the page program," according to a Republican familiar with the investigation.

The Republican source said Trandahl planned to name Ted Van Der Meid, the speaker's counsel and floor manager, as the person who was briefed on a regular basis about any issue that arose in the page program, including a "problem group of members and staff who spent too much time socializing with pages outside of official duties." One of whom was Mark Foley.

Trandahl's testimony before the House Ethics Committee could provide additional evidence that key members of the speaker's staff were aware of problems involving the page program for years.

more:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/10/house_clerks_te.html

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2. oh my, this is just unfair! hastert could face even more scrutiny in the

press over this Jeff Trandahl character... why oh why isn't he a team-player? could it be they simply don't have enough dirt on Trandahl to control him?


bwahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa.

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3. wonder if Boehner threw him under the bus today

John Boehner Testifies Before House Ethics Committee

Oct 19, 2006 03:51 PM CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Majority Leader John Boehner testified before the House ethics committee Thursday, indicating afterward that he repeated his statements that he had told Speaker Dennis Hastert of Rep. Mark Foley's overly friendly e-mails to a former male page.

Boehner, R-Ohio, would not say what he specifically told the committee behind closed doors, but has publicly quoted Hastert as telling him the complaint "had been taken care of."

"I made myself clear on the record for the last three weeks, and I told the ethics committee today the same thing that I've told many of you," Boehner said.

He appeared after the former clerk of the House testified about his actions regarding Foley's inappropriate conduct with male pages.

more:http://www.fox19.com/Global/story.asp?S=5563347&nav=0zHF

sorry for the link :(