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Bill Kerr Set Out to Discover The Name of a House Page And Caused a Big Fuss For three days, William "Wild Bill" Kerr huddled over an old computer, trying to solve a curious mystery. - snip - The 32-year-old conservative blogger said he felt the news media were distorting the story, and he suspected, among other things, that the page in question was over the age of consent. Five days after the Foley news broke, Mr. Kerr thought he had found the former page -- a 21-year-old political operative who, by chance, worked about 10 miles north of Mr....

Former page Jordan Edmund had dinner in California with U.S. Rep. Mark Foley in 2002 and then went briefly to the congressman’s hotel room, the ex-page’s attorney confirmed Friday. “Nothing untoward happened. It was social chitchat,” attorney Stephen Jones said from Enid. Edmund was then 17, in high school and living in Carlsbad, Calif. Edmund, now 21, is among the teenage, male former pages who allegedly received sexually explicit Internet messages from Foley, a Florida Republican. Foley resigned Sept. 29 after ABC News confronted him about the graphic instant messages. Foley, 52, has since admitted through an attorney that he...

Likable and popular with female pages, a committed Republican who even as a teenager knew how to parlay chance meetings into political friendships, Jordan Edmund has emerged as a key figure in the Foley page scandal. The former House page has been targeted by conservative blogs as the young man on the receiving end of former representative Mark Foley's sexually explicit online instant messages, which have engulfed the GOP in a scandal that could affect the outcome of the Nov. 7 congressional elections. Edmund has hired a lawyer, Stephen Jones, who will not acknowledge whether his client was the one...

CNN: PAGE LAWYER DOES NOT RULE 'IN OR OUT' PRANK CLAIM... DEVELOPING... Former congressional page Jordan Edmund's lawyer Stephen Jones... BLITZER: He will join us live in the next hour. What are you hearing, Brian, about some of these Internet suggestions, some Republicans suggesting this whole thing is a prank, a hoax and there is no there, there. CNN REPORTER: "We asked him about that item in the DRUDGE REPORT. He said very clearly he cannot rule that in, he cannot rule that out. He says he is not saying it was not a prank but later in the interview,...

Wild Bill at Passionate America that discovered the name of the former page that received the sexual IMs from Foley has received an email from Jordan Edmunds attorney, Stephen Jones, demanding he pull the story. Wild Bill is looking for advice from any leagal eagles out there.

A former congressional page is willing to talk to the FBI and the U.S. House Ethics Committee about former Rep. Mark Foley, his attorney said Thursday. He will answer fully and truthfully any questions put to him,” attorney Stephen Jones said. Jordan Edmund, 21, has been working on Republican Rep. Ernest Istook’s gubernatorial campaign. Istook, of Warr Acres, admitted Thursday at a hastily called news conference the scandal has affected his campaign. “Things are a distraction, but it doesn’t stop the momentum that we’ve been gaining,” Istook said. Foley, a Florida Republican, resigned from Congress last week after it was...

<p>According to two people close to former congressional page Jordan Edmund, the now famous lurid AOL Instant Message exchanges that led to the resignation of Mark Foley were part of an online prank that by mistake got into the hands of enemy political operatives, the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal.</p>

Another amazing piece to the Foley blackmail story. To jump into the middle of the story: we have established that it was Jordan Edmund, the then-18 year old page, now 21-year old political operative, who was the recipient of Rep. Foley's IM lust. Edmund, a gay, 21 year-old college student from San Diego CA, has somehow, mysteriously and inexplicably, managed to get the job of campaign manager for a repub candidate from Oklahoma. Edmund has a companion, also 21 and also from San Diego, working with him on the Oklahoma campaign. I have posited on other posts that these two...

Attorney identifies Oklahoman referred to in Foley case By World Capitol Buerau 10/5/2006 9:30:00 AM Enid attorney Stephen Jones confirmed Thursday that he is representing Jordan Edmund, 21, a U.S. House page who is now working in the gubernatorial campaign of U.S. Rep. Ernest Istook. The attorney would not say whether Edmund may be involved in the scandal regarding former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley. But Jones said, "It is my understanding there is both a Justice Department interest in this matter and also the House of Representatives Ethics Committee is interested. "My feeling is that the House will move forward...

Today we have more on Jordon Edmund, the page that fmr rep. Foley had contact with. “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 U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, The Oklahoman has learned. The former page, a Californian named Jordan Edmund, 21, 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...

Istook campaign employee and former page retains attorney Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY - A former U.S. House page who works on the gubernatorial campaign of Republican Rep. Ernest Istook has retained the services of the attorney who represented Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, according to a published report. The former page, a Californian named Jordan Edmund, hired Enid lawyer Stephen Jones, who confirmed to The Oklahoman that he met the man on Wednesday but would not elaborate on why he was hired. "I understand the FBI and the House Ethics committee have an interest in the matter ... the allegations...

Istook aide may be victim in page scandal By Chris Casteel, Nolan Clay and Michael McNuttThe Oklahoman 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...

Istook aide may be victim in page scandal By Chris Casteel, Nolan Clay and Michael McNutt The Oklahoman Copyright 2006, The Oklahoman 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...

Mark Foley is a scumbag! Mark Foley is a scumbag! Mark Foley is a scumbag! Now that that is out of the way I will reveal how I (and a few others) discovered Jordan Edmund was one of the former house pages that participated in sexually explicit instant messages with Rep. Mark Foley. Also I will explain to you why I believe it necessary to reveal Jordan Edmund's identity. You may not agree with my decision, but I hope to explain my reasoning by the end of this story. Read More HERE!