Officials Absolve Kolbe in Page Probe

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Officials Absolve Kolbe in Page Probe

Wednesday June 6, 2007 9:46 PM

By JENNIFER TALHELM

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Department investigators have absolved
former Arizona Rep. Jim Kolbe of wrongdoing in his relationships with
House pages, Kolbe says.

In a statement Wednesday, Kolbe and his Washington lawyers said
they received notice Tuesday that investigators had completed their
work on the preliminary inquiry opened by federal prosecutors last
fall, and saw no reason to pursue it further.

Prosecutors began looking into Kolbe's relationships with House pages
after hearing reports that he took a Fourth of July camping trip to
the Grand Canyon with two former pages and others in 1996.

The inquiry was launched amid a separate investigation into sexually
explicit messages sent to high school-aged congressional pages by
former Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., who resigned over the issue last fall.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6689080,00.html

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Alternate AP headline: Kolbe did no wrong on camping trip

[fooj]

1. So where the hell is the FOLEY investigation, eh?

Damn. Interesting how they managed to complete this investigation but have yet to start one on Foley.

[Igel]

2. Perhaps this?

Investigation of Allegations Related to improper conduct involving members and current or former house pages, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, U.S. House of Representatives, 109TH CONGRESS, 2nd SESSION.
http://www.house.gov/ethics/Page_Report.pdf

109th Congress, 2nd Session = last year.