FBI Probes Legality of Foley Sex Messages
美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)以及聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局的官員正在調(diào)查前國(guó)會(huì)議員佛利是否違反了法律。佛利曾經(jīng)向在國(guó)會(huì)擔(dān)任通訊員的未成年男孩寄發(fā)帶有露骨性?xún)?nèi)容的電子郵件。聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局的發(fā)言人星期天說(shuō)，聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局正在調(diào)查佛利是否因此違反了聯(lián)邦法律。
共和黨眾議院議長(zhǎng)哈斯特德也致函司法部，要求調(diào)查擔(dān)任了6屆眾議員的佛利對(duì)這些少年的所作所為。有報(bào)導(dǎo)說(shuō)，來(lái)自佛羅里達(dá)州的佛利至少?gòu)?003年開(kāi)始就向這些通訊員發(fā)送內(nèi)容不當(dāng)?shù)泥]件。
現(xiàn)年52歲的佛利在消息曝光之后，上星期五突然宣布從眾議院辭職。這一丑聞的披露距離這次有關(guān)鍵意義的議會(huì)選舉只有5個(gè)星期。布什總統(tǒng)的共和黨面臨著失去國(guó)會(huì)眾議院和參議院多數(shù)地位的危機(jī)。
U.S. congressional and FBI officials are looking into whether a former congressman broke any laws when he sent sexually explicit messages to underage boys working as congressional pages.
An FBI spokesman said Sunday the bureau is working to determine if former Republican congressman Mark Foley violated federal laws.
Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert also sent a letter to the Justice Department requesting an investigation into the six-term congressman's conduct with the boys. Reports say Foley (of Florida) had been sending inappropriate messages to pages since at least 2003.
The 52-year-old Foley abruptly resigned his seat in the House Friday after news about the messages broke. The scandal comes only five weeks before pivotal legislative elections. President Bush's Republican Party is in jeopardy of losing control of one or both houses of Congress.
美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)以及聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局的官員正在調(diào)查前國(guó)會(huì)議員佛利是否違反了法律。佛利曾經(jīng)向在國(guó)會(huì)擔(dān)任通訊員的未成年男孩寄發(fā)帶有露骨性?xún)?nèi)容的電子郵件。聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局的發(fā)言人星期天說(shuō)，聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局正在調(diào)查佛利是否因此違反了聯(lián)邦法律。
共和黨眾議院議長(zhǎng)哈斯特德也致函司法部，要求調(diào)查擔(dān)任了6屆眾議員的佛利對(duì)這些少年的所作所為。有報(bào)導(dǎo)說(shuō)，來(lái)自佛羅里達(dá)州的佛利至少?gòu)?003年開(kāi)始就向這些通訊員發(fā)送內(nèi)容不當(dāng)?shù)泥]件。
現(xiàn)年52歲的佛利在消息曝光之后，上星期五突然宣布從眾議院辭職。這一丑聞的披露距離這次有關(guān)鍵意義的議會(huì)選舉只有5個(gè)星期。布什總統(tǒng)的共和黨面臨著失去國(guó)會(huì)眾議院和參議院多數(shù)地位的危機(jī)。
U.S. congressional and FBI officials are looking into whether a former congressman broke any laws when he sent sexually explicit messages to underage boys working as congressional pages.
An FBI spokesman said Sunday the bureau is working to determine if former Republican congressman Mark Foley violated federal laws.
Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert also sent a letter to the Justice Department requesting an investigation into the six-term congressman's conduct with the boys. Reports say Foley (of Florida) had been sending inappropriate messages to pages since at least 2003.
The 52-year-old Foley abruptly resigned his seat in the House Friday after news about the messages broke. The scandal comes only five weeks before pivotal legislative elections. President Bush's Republican Party is in jeopardy of losing control of one or both houses of Congress.