Ex-Foley Aide Roils Timeline

• By Ben Pershing
• Roll Call Staff
• Oct. 5, 2006, Midnight

Just as Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) appeared to have weathered the worst of the storm surrounding the House page scandal, a former aide to ex-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) sparked new controversy by claiming he had warned the Speaker’s longtime top staffer about Foley’s behavior at least a year earlier than anyone in Hastert’s office had previously acknowledged.