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House clerk warned GOP about Foley years ago
« on: October 18, 2006, 11:15:30 PM »
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former House Clerk Jeff Trandahl repeatedly raised red flags about former Rep. Mark Foley years before GOP leaders said they knew about Foley's inappropriate conduct with pages, sources said.

Trandahl's lawyers said he is scheduled to testify Thursday before the House Ethics Committee, which is investigating the Foley case.

Two sources close to Trandahl told CNN that he had been monitoring Foley's interaction with pages after being told of troubling behavior by the congressman in the House cloakroom and elsewhere. Trandahl took his concerns to Kirk Fordham, Foley's former chief of staff, many times, the sources said.

Fordham testified last week that he warned House Speaker Dennis Hastert's chief of staff, Scott Palmer, at least three years ago about Foley's conduct, according to a source familiar with Fordham's version of events.

Palmer has denied Fordham's account.

Foley resigned September 29 after details of alleged sexually explicit instant messages to teenage boys who had served as Capitol Hill pages became public.

Trandahl, who was House clerk from 1998 to 2005, oversaw the page program and had day-to-day authority over the teens. Former colleagues describe him as a by-the-book manager who took his job seriously.

A friend, Craig Shniderman, told CNN that if Trandahl was aware of something improper, he would have reported it.

"Jeff is a guy who always does the right thing," Shniderman said. "He lives by the truth. He lives by one truth. He's not a man that tells different stories to different people."

Also slated to go before the committee Thursday is House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, who said earlier this month that Hastert had told him the concerns about Foley had been "taken care of."


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Re: House clerk warned GOP about Foley years ago
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2006, 07:58:31 AM »
A damning story for the Republicans from a reputable source. Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

Any comment Mr. Intenseone?

Or are you waiting for Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter and Ingraham to spin this story before you comment?