Rep. Rodney Alexander's office sued for sexual harassment

[donsu]

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Roll_Call_Rep._Alexanders_office_sued_1020.html


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"Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-La.), already enmeshed in the ex-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) page scandal, now faces a new controversy as a former staffer has sued his office for sexual harassment," John Bresnahan reports.

Excerpts from Roll Call article:

Elizabeth Scott, Alexander’s former scheduler, claims that Royal Alexander, the Congressman’s chief of staff, “engaged in a course of misconduct” that included “inappropriate sex-based comments, ogling and touching” and “sexual advances,” according to Michael Hoare, Scott’s attorney. Scott told the Congressman of his aide’s alleged improper behavior but the Louisiana Republican took no action to correct the situation, Hoare said.

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Scott, 26, was employed by Alexander from the fall of 2005 through June 2006, first as an unpaid intern before moving up to take over as the Louisiana Republican’s scheduler. She was paid at annual rate of $30,000, according to House disbursement records.

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you have to be reg. at Roll Call to read the whole thing

[Joanne98]

1. Oh happy day!

[philb]

2. Alexander documented to be major player in Foley coverup

GOP. Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-LA) was apparently the first member of Congress to know about Foley's trolling for underage kids online. Alexander was the former boss of one of the pages who Foley chatted up. Alexander says that he then contacted the head of the National Republican Congressional Committee (the body in charge of electing Republicans to the House), Rep. Tom Reynolds (R-NY). Reynold's chief of staff is Kirk Fordham, the former chief of staff and former campaign director to Mark Foley, who admits that he was aware of Foley’s actions.

Kirk Fordham, who worked as Foley's chief of staff for 10 years, returned to Foley's side to advise him during the past couple of days. In other words, Alexander wasn't interested in reporting this to the authorities, he was interested in helping Foley by approaching "friends of Foley"? Fordham is still Reynolds' chief of staff. Why is Reynolds' chief of staff now advising Foley on this mess? This simply adds to the inherent conflicts of interest that have dogged this "investigation" from the beginning. (Fordham has since resigned since his longtime involvement became highly embarrassing to Repub. Leadership)

[philb]

3. Hastert also involved in sexually explicit emails- is Media publicizing it

Hastert directly implicated in knowledge that Foley was a pedophile and in sexually explicit messages himself:

Foley wasn’t the only Repub. Congressman involved in sexually explicit and suggestive emails:

Congressman Mark Foley and Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert interacted in the past exchanging sexually explicit and suggestive emails that are on record and the Repub. Leadership were aware of: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/10/6/25857/3685

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/10/6/25857/3685

On page 186 of Hastert's autobiography he brags that he has a good memory and remembers all. This hardly jibes with Hastert's bizarre story that he didn't remember Tom Reynolds or John Boehner or various aides warning him about Foley after it was apparent to anyone who didn't have his head up his ass that Foley was a dangerous child predator and a severe danger to the congressional page program.
Hastert Caught In Direct Falsehood About Foley in defense of his inactation in dealing with knowledge of Foley’s pedophile exploits
www.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2006/oct/02/hastert_caught_in_fib_about_foley