Hastert: Not Tonight, I Have a HeadacheThinkProgress has a nice scoop on House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL).
Earlier today, Hastert’s office called a Chicago radio station and asked to do an interview this evening, TP reports. The show consented. But later in the day, former Hill staffer Kirk Fordham made serious allegations that Hastert had misled the public about when he and his staff learned of Mark Foley’s misdeeds.
Suddenly, it became very difficult for Hastert to keep that interview appointment:
[Hastert flack Chris] Taylor called [the show’s producer] several times claiming that Hastert was on an important call and likely might not be available in time for the interview. But according to [Matt] Bubala [the show’s producer], an employee for WGNâs sister television station said that while Hastert was supposedly on a telephone call, a WGN cameraman was filming Hastert arriving at and entering his home in Illinois.
The National Review, however, reports that Hastert’s people are denying any interview was ever scheduled. âWe never booked WGN. Am not aware of a call,â the magazine’s blog, The Corner, quotes a “top” Hastert official.
