Posted on 10/04/2006 8:39:44 PM PDT by PhiKapMom
A former U.S. House page working on the gubernatorial campaign of Republican Rep. Ernest Istook may be a part of the scandal involving former Congressman Mark Foley, The Oklahoman has learned.
The former page, a Californian named Jordan Edmund, on Wednesday hired Enid attorney Stephen Jones to represent him, the attorney confirmed.
Jones would not say exactly why he was hired, but did say, “I understand the FBI and the House Ethics committee have an interest in the matter ... the allegations concerning Congressman Foley which have surfaced.”
Foley, a Republican from Florida, resigned abruptly on Friday after it was learned that he exchanged sexually explicit e-mails with former pages. The FBI is investigating.
Istook’s campaign manager, Chip Englander, who is also from California, declined comment Wednesday to an Oklahoman reporter.
However, Englander gave The Oklahoman a statement that was attributed to Istook.
The statement says, “The sad and sick behavior of Mark Foley was a total surprise to me when it was revealed. Law enforcement is doing its job, and I support that effort. Now we should all support and protect the victims, and they should not be hounded by the press.
“It was a complete surprise to learn this morning that one victim may be someone I know. Each one of the victims deserves their privacy. To every reporter I request, please have the decency to avoid making things worse for the victims, and just leave them alone. This happened years ago when the victims were minors.”
Reached at his home, Istook referred to the prepared statement.
Edmund’s name surfaced on Internet “blogs” that linked him to the instant message address used in communications with Foley.
One blogger got the instant message address from the Web site of ABC News, which has obtained the instant messages sent between Foley and a former page.
In the sequence of messages identified by the blogger, Foley tells the person to “strip down and get relaxed.”
It is not clear whether Foley’s other instant messages, including one in which he apparently conducted “instant message” sex with a person, were all to the same person.
Asked why Edmund needed an attorney, Jones said, “You read the blogs. You know why he needs an attorney.”
Jones, who represented Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh in his murder trial in Denver, confirmed Edmund was a U.S. House page.
“I’ve been retained in the last several hours,” Jones said. “I’m still reviewing matters.”
Jones said the two met Wednesday in Oklahoma City.
Edmund had an Internet page on the popular MySpace Web site.
On that page, he identified himself as being 21 years old and said he had been attending college at the University of California at Berkeley. He said he was going to Oklahoma to be deputy campaign manager for Istook’s gubernatorial effort, the Web site stated.
Edmund registered to vote in Oklahoma in March, records show.
The House Ethics Committee is scheduled to hold a closed-door meeting this morning about the Foley matter.
Rep. Tom Cole, R-Moore, one of the 10 members of the committee, flew back to Washington on Wednesday for what he called an “emergency meeting.”
He said the committee today would not hear from witnesses but would set the parameters of the investigation.
Contributing: Staff Writers Joe Wertz, Bryan Dean, Jennifer Mock and Ryan McNeill
Copyright 2006
He's my pick.
I'd give a month's salary if he was involved in this.
INTERESTING.......VERY Interesting
PhiKapMom said: A lot of people on here know who I am.
TrollBaby said: Good, I can't wait for them to all step forward!!!
I interjected: Already done, troll. And more will follow if you insist.
Alles klar, herr trollisar?
If I remember right, they landed here from parts unknown in Nov or Dec. Then everyone found out that this guy and his boss were from San Diego and the question was WHY because we couldn't find OK ties and it made no sense. Still doesn't.
Freep mail
The lawyer is the stepfather of one of the kids that used room with my son. Small world.
Mega rich, and very expensive DEMOCRAT lawyer.
Liar. See your post 195 in this thread.
Dan rather reporting ..... here now the news...
Most logical explanation is this "Kid" is deep, BUTT-DEEP in illegal activity, and this thing is going to explode like a stiff virgin on prom night.
This may end up bigger than Memo gate, and may burn ABC news credibilty into an ash heap, like a dripping marshmellow on a burning 10 inch Texan stick.
This is GAY-GATE, and DEEP-THROAT is now out of the closet.
It's queer eye for the straight guy, and here comes the FBI.
I thank Brian Ross for breaking this story, and thank god it wasn't me!
Dan Rather, good night America....
That'll leave a mark.
Jones quit as McVey's lawyer, after death threats to him and his family.
I agree with you on George Allen and why I have been donatinig to his Senate campaign.
Can you not read -- this thread is an article from The Oklahoman that was reported on Channel 9 news. The two are partnered. Channel 9 reports and immediately the story goes up on The Oklahoman site. What part of that do you not understand.
A helluva lot longer than one year. ;OD
"At our women's meeting where we were passing out money to candidates, two of us stood up against a candidate because he wasn't pro-life and we said he shouldn't get that much money. I had done some research and found he had only scored a 2.5 out of 4 on a pro-life survey. Since I was head of the Committee, I couldn't bring it up so I had another lady bring it up and I joined in and we cut him down what he was getting."
OMG, I think I am in love, LOL!
That's what I'm thinking. Edmund is a political operative. Many gay people grow up having to live double lives and having to create false personas and lie with a straight face in order to protect their true nature. This is not their fault. But these traits would work for a mole or agent/provocateur. Then again, Edmund may not be gay at all and may have been working a scam on Foley.
line starts behind me, FRiend.
Anderson Cooper was the Host of ABC's "The Mole"...
Check out "The Third Terrorist" by Jayna Davis.
The blog that is being referenced is trying to prove that this was a set up, that the Democrats knew for some months and could bring criminal charges.
The blog of the rabid gay activist mentions that he had the kid flown in (to DC?) sometime earlier to get all the details ironed out. If the kid was flown in before the phoney web site appeared, he could be in deep trouble.
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