Congressman Kolbe issued a statement today, according to CNN:
KOLBE: Sometime after leaving the Page program, an individual I had appointed contacted my office to say that he had received emails from Rep. Foley that made him uncomfortable. I was not shown the content of the messages and was not told they were sexually explicit. It was my recommendation that this complaint be passed along to Rep. Foley's office and the Clerk [of the House, Hastert's staffer] who supervised the Page program.1. We're to believe that a recent former staffer of Kolbe's, who is a child, came to him and said he thinks he's being sexually harassed by a fellow member of Congress who Kolbe knows extremely well, and Kolbe's response is to tell the child victim to confront his adult abuser? You have got to be kidding. Kolbe should consider resigning now, before his term ends, just on that basis alone - if this allegation is even true.
2. Kolbe is confirming that Foley's behavior was known in 2000.
3. Kolbe is also confirming that notification of Foley's behavior was made - or may have been made, we need to check with the former page - to the Speaker's staff, the Clerk of the House, in 2000. We're to believe that the Clerk didn't tell anyone else? No other staffers, no other members?
4. We're to believe that Kolbe and his staff didn't tell anybody about the child's complaint, ever - which is what Kolbe is now alleging?
5. If Foley's office was contacted in 2000 about this, then someone on Foley's staff was aware of the congressman's problem back in 2000. Who was that, and what did they do as a result?
