On 9/30/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> ["shocking sex crimes"? please!]
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> From: "DNC Press" <dncpress at dnc.org>
> Date: September 30, 2006 1:25:57 PM EDT
> Subject: WHY DID TOM REYNOLDS COVER UP CONGRESSMAN'S SEX CRIMES?
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> For Immediate Release
> September 30, 2006
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> Contact: Damien LaVera – 202-863-8148
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> Why Did Tom Reynolds Cover Up Congressman's Sex Crimes?
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> Washington, DC – Yesterday, Florida Republican Congressman Mark Foley
> resigned from Congress when sexually inappropriate emails and instant
> messages he sent to a teenage boy came to light. While the shocking
> exchanges produced an immediate uproar that cost Congressman Foley
> his job, at least one member of the House Republican leadership had
> known about the situation for months and did nothing about it: New
> York Republican Congressman and chair of the National Republican
> Congressional Committee Tom Reynolds.
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> According to the Associated Press, Congressman Reynolds' spokesman
> confirmed that Reynolds had been informed by another Congressman that
> the boy had complained about Foley's inappropriate communications
> "months ago." According to the report, the allegations first came to
> light in late 2005. [AP, 9/30/06] It appears that Reynolds did not
> tell authorities about the emails or take any step to discipline
> Foley, apparently choosing instead to sweep the matter under the rug
> to protect the Republican party's dwindling chances of retaining
> control of the House of Representatives this November.
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> "Congressman Reynolds' inaction in the face of such a serious
> situation is very troubling, and raises important questions about
> whether there was an attempt to cover up criminal activity involving
> a minor to keep it from coming to light before Election Day," said
> Democratic National Committee Communications Director Karen Finney.
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> "We need real answers to important questions about precisely who knew
> about these activities and when they knew it, whether other current
> or former pages were victimized by Congressman Foley, why the
> Republican House leadership was prepared to adjourn without at the
> very least referring this matter to the ethics committee, and what
> corrective action if any Congressman Reynolds and the rest of the
> Republican House leadership took. Failing to answer to these
> questions would send a terrible message to the parents who entrust
> their children to the care of the Page School and send them to
> Washington to serve Congress."
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