Posted on 05/24/2006 5:39:59 PM PDT by kristinn
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday denied a report that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert, is under investigation by the FBI in connection with a corruption probe.
ABC News, citing high level Justice Department sources, said information implicating Hastert had been developed from convicted lobbyists who are now cooperating with the government.
But department officials, who asked to not be identified, said the story was not accurate and that Hastert was not under investigation. "The story is wrong. Hastert is not under investigation," one official said.
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I think this is the first salvo to try and get the senate immigration bill passed. if the republican house leadership cracks up, they will never be able to stand their ground.
Remember, its not the evidence of a crime, but the nature of the charge that counts.
ABC will be vindicated, just like Dan Rather. I hope!
I was thinking along the same lines, but I was wondering if it was a trap for Pelosi. Your idea makes much more sense.
The GOP has a serious leadership problem.
Yeah...the reporter was the key for me.....sent up the red flags. Brian Ross wrote about reporters phone numbers being watched last week in the leak cases....someone might be trying to play with him now....feed him a bad piece of info to discredit his reports.
I had the same thought
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1637829/posts?page=29#29
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1637829/posts?page=72#72
There hasn't been any leadership in Congress since Gingrich and Lott. As soon as the GOP got a minority they immediately started acting like the minority party, while the Democrats learned how to the the minority party over night.
Good I know I'm not alone..
Comments to ABC and Brian Ross
http://abc.go.com/site/contactus.html?cat=World%20News%20Tonight
It will probably turn out to be his having a hissy fit because he didn't receive a courtesy call from the FBI before the search.
Ouch, that's gotta hurt Michael Savage!
Why is he " tantruming" ?? why not SUPPORT the FBI in doing what is right?? it all sure sounds fishy to me! Nuf said......
It seems to be quite obvious, this political maneuver (probably White House) to put pressure on the House to make some serious concessions to pass the Senate version of the immigration bill. This is politics, plain and simple politics.
If it's true, run him out of office and let justice be done.
That is exactly what it was according to some GOP committee chair on Gibson's show tonight. Judge whatever his name is just laughed and said to the effect "welcome to the real world Congressman. It would have been against federal law to give ANYONE a heads up". Hastert really messed up with this one but I really take issue with how the knee jerkers on FR were taking an understandable "turf war" issue and turning it into yet another "GOP is evil and heads should roll" canard.
Savage won't apologize because he's a drive-by moron. He'll rant and rave about something else.
Maybe this whole fiasco will teach Hastert a lesson about jumping into something like he did on the FBI investigation.
If he thought that would get him points anywhere, well, he's so wrong.
The dems and media still hate him and are using his activism in this matter to imply he's involved and that's why he protested.
The conservatives are appalled and annoyed that he would defend an obvious crook like Jefferson on whatever pretext.
Even Jefferson probably isn't speaking to him.
Hah!
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