From Louisville, Ky.’s WHAS-11 News. The story’s dated last Thursday, but I don’t think we’ve mentioned this one yet:
According to Congressman Ron Lewis, the former page is now a soldier in Iraq. But five years ago, he was a teenage page in the U.S. House who was the subject of some kind of questionable contact from Congressman Mark Foley.
Lewisâs chief of staff got a satellite phone call from Iraq Tuesday afternoon from a man who wouldn’t identify himself. But he did say he was a soldier from Kentuckyâs Second Congressional District who wanted to give Lewis a heads up.
âTo let us know that he had been approached by Mark Foley in 2001 and that he is speaking to the proper authorities, to a JAG officer who will then pass that on to the FBI,â says Lewis.
Congressman Lewisâs office is the only local one we’ve found that’s gotten a call from any of their former pages, alleging misconduct by Foley, a man Lewis describes this way: âHe was a creepy guy.â
According to the story, Lewis’ office got the call from the former page on Oct. 2. The next day, the congressman cancelled his Oct. 10 fundraiser with House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL).
Follow-ups to this story have noted that the FBI has since spoken with the ex-page who contacted Lewis.
Lewis hasn’t yet called for Hastert’s ouster, but WHAS says he’s pointedly not ruling out the possibility he might do so in the future.
