A run-down on what tomorrow likely has in store in Foleygate. Including speculation about a possible resignation announcement tomorrow morning.
In a telephone interview last night, Hastert says he’s not resigning — and somehow the names George Soros, Bill Clinton, and Dick Morris come up in his explanation why. That and other news of the day in today’s Daily Foley, er, Muck.
We’ll find out in about an hour whether the House Ethics Committee will appoint a special counsel — like they did the last time something like this happened.
Meanwhile, Denny Hastert is still saying that he won’t resign.
Still waiting for that press conference. But apparently Hastert is planning to announce that former FBI Director Louis Freeh will be leading an investigation of the House page program. No resignation.
It’s a Foleygate investigation bonanza!
House Ethics committee announces that it’s launched an investigation.
And this is apparently separate from the one that will be headed up by Louis Freeh, which Hastert will announce shortly.
We just watched Denny Hastert make his latest statement that he thinks will end the bonfire but won’t. And whatever Denny Hastert may have done or not done on the page front, you at least have to say on his behalf that he’s certainly one of the most dishonest and irresponsible Speakers in the history of the House. Asked if he had any evidence to back up his claims that ABC, Democrats and George Soros are behind this scandal, his answer was basically, ‘Oh, all I know is what I hear.’ In other words, I don’t have any evidence at all. But I did see something like it on Newsmax. So I figured I’d go with it.
Reminds me of his sliminess back in 2004.
Get the rundown on Hastert’s press conference here. Apparently Pelosi put the kibosh on tapping Louis Freeh.
We’re pretty much all Foley all the time at the moment. But if you’re still interested in the non-page-sex side of the political process, Tom Schaller is discussing his new book on whether or not the Dems really need to win in the South.