Foley to Escape Punishment by His Peers

[NVMojo]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House's investigation of a page sex scandal has only one certainty: Former Rep. Mark Foley will escape punishment by his peers.

It is the Florida Republican's sexually explicit electronic messages to teenage former male pages that have ignited what has become a pre-election firestorm.

Congress only can punish current members, officers and employees. Foley resigned on Sept. 29, but is under investigation by federal and Florida authorities.

If the House ethics committee finds evidence of a Republican cover-up, many people could be in jeopardy, facing consequences that range from a mild rebuke in a committee report to a House vote of censure or expulsion.

Unlike the committee's usual practice of identifying the investigative target at the outset, this probe is wide open. Anyone who knew of Foley's salacious messages before the story broke at the end of September has reason for concern.

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[sweetheart]

1. they juzz good ol boys after all...

and what's a little buggery between republican friends,
when he knows so many of their secrets, he could bankrupt
the lot of them if he turned states evidence against their
constitutional conspiracy.

[badgerpup]

2. OOOOKAAAY....so, if this is how the game is played...

...then apparently a LOT of people are going to be cutting and running...which is going to leave a LOT of openings...
and the Repub party is NOT in high favor with voters at the moment, for some reason. :sarcasm:

Are my Spidey senses picking up on OPPORTUNITIES here???

[cui bono]

3. Well maybe not his old peers...

but he may find himself facing a jury of his new peers.

[notadmblnd]

4. well hopefully, the legal system will take their turn at punishing him

nt

[Wilber_Stool]

5. I hope he stays out of

small planes.
And maybe put him on a suicide watch. It wouldn't do to wake up one morning and find that he had cut off his own head.

[davidinalameda]

6. I'm confused by the headline

he's out of Congress so Congress can't go after him