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Title: Hastert aide: Probe rumor is retaliation
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UPI (via Daily India)
URL Source: http://www.dailyindia.com/show/2894 ... de:-Probe-rumor-is-retaliation
Published: May 25, 2006
Author: UPI
Post Date: 2006-05-25 10:34:39 by aristeides
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Hastert aide: Probe rumor is retaliation WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) -- An aide to U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., claims news reports Hastert is being probed in a lobbying scandal is payback by the Justice Department. Wednesday night, ABC News reported sources at the Justice Department said Hastert was among those involved in a probe of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. In an unusual move, the department very quickly issued a denial. Speaking to The Chicago Sun-Times, Hastert's deputy chief of staff Mike Stokke said he didn't blame ABC News for bad reporting but rather questioned the timing of the "leak." He referred to a stinging challenge Hastert and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., made on Sunday that the FBI surrender documents it seized during an unprecedented weekend raid on the office of Rep. William Jefferson, D-La. "We've been in discussion with them since Sunday, with the Department of Justice, on this other matter of unconstitutional search and seizure." Stokke told the newspaper. "I don't recall any threats being made, but this is what is called in baseball a brushback pitch. ABC News got this from somewhere. I don't think they made this up."
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#1. To: aristeides (#0)
After getting shot in the face, the bot way is to apologize for getting in the way of the shotgun.
Hastert doesn't seem to be backing down. He and Pelosi filed a motion with Judge Hogan yesterday seeking the return of Rep. Jefferson's seized materials.
The worm turns? Hope so.
"Bad" reporting is becoming an epidemic.
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism. – George Washington "If the president made us go to war with Iraq, why doesn't he go over there and fight the war?" Christian May [6th grader] Classic.
I've already said too much.
#2. To: MUDDOG (#1)
#3. To: aristeides (#2)
I've already said too much.
#4. To: aristeides (#0)
Hastert's deputy chief of staff Mike Stokke said he didn't blame ABC News for bad reporting but rather questioned the timing of the "leak."
#5. To: MUDDOG (#1)
After getting shot in the face, the bot way is to apologize for getting in the way of the shotgun.
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