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2006 congressional page scandal

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	On 28 September 2006 ABC News released sexually explicit e-mails and instant messages Foley had sent to male House pages aged 16–17.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/BrianRoss/story?id=2509586 Foley's IM Exchange With Underage Page]</ref> Foley resigned the next day and entered treatment for alcoholism and “sexual compulsion.”<ref name="wired" />		On 28 September 2006 ABC News released sexually explicit e-mails and instant messages Foley had sent to male House pages aged 16–17.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/BrianRoss/story?id=2509586 Foley's IM Exchange With Underage Page]</ref> Foley resigned the next day and entered treatment for alcoholism and “sexual compulsion.”<ref name="wired" />
	A House Ethics Committee report later blamed “systemic failures” in oversight but found no additional rules violations,<ref>[https://~~ethics~~.~~house~~.gov/~~sites~~/~~ethics.house.gov~~/~~files~~/~~2006_House%20Pages~~.pdf Investigative Subcommittee Report on the Mark Foley Matter]</ref> and state/federal investigators closed their probes in 2008 without criminal charges, citing statutes then requiring proof of physical contact.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/LegalCenter/story?id=2529811 Could Avoid Criminal Charges]</ref>		A House Ethics Committee report later blamed “systemic failures” in oversight but found no additional rules violations,<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/109/crpt/hrpt733/CRPT-109hrpt733.pdf Investigative Subcommittee Report on the Mark Foley Matter]</ref> and state/federal investigators closed their probes in 2008 without criminal charges, citing statutes then requiring proof of physical contact.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/LegalCenter/story?id=2529811 Could Avoid Criminal Charges]</ref>

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Thorn: Created page with "'''Mark Adam Foley''' (born September 8, 1954) is an American real-estate broker and former Republican politician who represented Florida’s 16th congressional district from 1995 until his resignation in 2006.[https://www.wired.com/2006/09/explicit-e-mails-foley-quits Rep. Mark Foley Resigns Over Explicit Messages] Earlier he was a Lake Worth city commissioner, state representative, and state senator. In Congress he served on the House Ways and..."

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'''Mark Adam Foley''' (born September 8, 1954) is an American real-estate broker and former Republican politician who represented Florida’s 16th congressional district from 1995 until his resignation in 2006.<ref name="wired">[https://www.wired.com/2006/09/explicit-e-mails-foley-quits Rep. Mark Foley Resigns Over Explicit Messages]</ref> Earlier he was a Lake Worth city commissioner, state representative, and state senator. In Congress he served on the House Ways and Means Committee and co-founded the Congressional Caucus on Missing & Exploited Children, helping write the ''Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act'' (2006).<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4635116 'Beau of the Ball': Foley Shrugs Off Sex Scandal]</ref>

==2006 congressional page scandal==
On 28 September 2006 ABC News released sexually explicit e-mails and instant messages Foley had sent to male House pages aged 16–17.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/BrianRoss/story?id=2509586 Foley's IM Exchange With Underage Page]</ref> Foley resigned the next day and entered treatment for alcoholism and “sexual compulsion.”<ref name="wired" />
A House Ethics Committee report later blamed “systemic failures” in oversight but found no additional rules violations,<ref>[https://ethics.house.gov/sites/ethics.house.gov/files/2006_House%20Pages.pdf Investigative Subcommittee Report on the Mark Foley Matter]</ref> and state/federal investigators closed their probes in 2008 without criminal charges, citing statutes then requiring proof of physical contact.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/LegalCenter/story?id=2529811 Could Avoid Criminal Charges]</ref>

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''His hypocrisy is nonetheless evident in his sponsorship of legislation stipulating harsher penalties for intergenerational sex. He was a supporter and instigator of the sexual panic that is sweeping the nation, making sex with a junior, however either is defined, even up to age 18 [...] more severely punishable than murdering a youth.'' <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211206153323/http://www.williamapercy.com/wiki/index.php?title=Gerry_Studds_Obituary Gerry Studds Obituary]</ref></blockquote>

==References==

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