Mark Foley in email exchange with 16-year old page
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ABC News is reporting that US Rep. Mark Foley has had an email exchange with a 16-year old page. In additional email documents obtained by Raw Story, the recipient of the emails has forwarded them to a friend with comments on the emails, including one which described the Congressman's email as "sick sick sick..."
A 16-year-old male congressional page concerned about the appropriateness of an e-mail exchange with a congressman alerted Capitol Hill staffers to the communication.
Congressman Mark Foley's office says the e-mails were entirely appropriate and that their release is part of a smear campaign by his opponent.
In the series of e-mails, obtained by ABC News, between the page and Rep. Foley (R-FL), Foley asks the page how old he is, what he wants for his birthday and requests a photo of him.
The concerned page alerted congressional staffers to the e-mails. In one e-mail, the page writes to a staffer, "Maybe it is just me being paranoid, but seriously. This freaked me out."
The complete emails, including those sent by the page to his friend about the emails from Congressman Foley will be posted by RawStory.com soon.
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Originally published on Thursday September 28, 2006.
ABC News is reporting that US Rep. Mark Foley has had an email exchange with a 16-year old page. In additional email documents obtained by Raw Story, the recipient of the emails has forwarded them to a friend with comments on the emails, including one which described the Congressman's email as "sick sick sick..."