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  • Hastert denies GOP saw Foley's "vile" messages (Conservatives calling for resignations.)

    10/03/2006 6:43:59 AM PDT · by no dems · 148 replies · 2,054+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | October 3, 2006 | Charles Hurt
    House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert said yesterday that Republican leaders had not previously seen the more lurid Internet "instant messages" sent by disgraced ex-Rep. Mark Foley as influential conservatives began calling for party leadership resignations over the handling of the matter. Mr. Hastert said "No one in the Republican leadership ... saw those messages until last Friday when ABC News released them." Still, several well-known conservatives called for Republican resignations because Hastert and other leaders did not act aggressively enough when they first learned of a separate set of "overly friendly" e-mails that Mr. Foley had sent to another teenage...