Join us in calling for a real investigation of the Foley scandal and for resignations from any leaders who participated in this outrageous cover-up:
American families are shocked and disgusted that Congressional Republican leadership covered up for a child sexual predator in their midst rather than confronting the problem directly. But as details of who knew what when continue to unfold, Speaker Dennis Hastert and other leaders in Congress are sticking to their "duck and cover-up" routine.
We demand that Speaker Dennis Hastert, Majority Leader John Boehner, National Republican Campaign Committee Chair Tom Reynolds, Chair of the House Page Board Rep. John Shimkus, and any other member of Congress who has participated in this cover-up, resign immediately. These leaders knew of these questionable emails at least 9 months ago, and ABC News has reported that pages were being warned to be wary of Foley by senior Republican staffers in 2001, yet nothing was ever done to stop Foley's appalling activities.
Why did Republican leaders asked Mark Foley to run for re-election even after they knew about his emails to minors in the page program?
Why did the Republican Campaign Committee take a suspicious $100,000 dollar check from Foley?
It is not nearly enough for Hastert's hand-picked House "Ethics" Committee to investigate this matter. We call on the Department of Justice to appoint an independent prosecutor to not only investigate the cover-up on Capitol Hill, but to investigate why the DOJ has done nothing to start an investigation when they had at least some of the Foley emails in question since July. The American people deserve an independent prosecutor to question all the Republican congressional members and staff involved-- under oath.