As guest blogger DK said over at TPM, "for those of you who have been away this weekend (and in a cave)".... here's a compilation of reports on FoleyGate. Hat tips to TPM, AmericaBlog, and the crew over at Kos, whose coverage has bordered on obsession.

FBI to Examine Foley's E-Mails
The FBI announced last night that it is looking into whether former representative Mark Foley (R-Fla.) broke federal law by sending inappropriate e-mails and instant messages to teenage House pages. The announcement came hours after House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert asked for a Justice Department investigation into not only Foley's actions but also Congress's handling of the matter once it learned of the contacts...

GOP Staff Warned Pages About Foley in 2001
Republican staff member warned Congressional pages five years ago to watch out for Congressman Mark Foley, according to a former page. Matthew Loraditch, a page in the 2001-2002 class, told ABC News he and other pages were warned about Foley by a supervisor. Loraditch, the president of the Page Alumni Association, said the pages were told "don't get too wrapped up in him being too nice to you and all that kind of stuff."... See video of Sun. eve ABC report(hat tip to AmericaBlog). Much more below the fold...

GOP Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) let Foley spend "a lot of time" with pages, including private dinner with one, after GOP knew Foley was a problem Back in 2001!!! "Shimkus is toast. There's even video of Shimkus letting Foley talk to the pages AFTER the GOP knew Foley had page-issues. You'll recall that he is the Republican member of Congress who runs the Page Board, the group in charge of the pages. You'll also recall that tonight we learned on ABC News that GOP House staff warned the page class of 2001-2002 to stay away from ex-Rep. Mark Foley... The GOP staff knew Foley was a problem the year before, they warned the pages in 2001. Yet Shimkus, the next year is acknowledging that Foley was still permitted to spend "a lot of time" with the pages. In the name of God, why?..."

Dems Slap GOP for Keeping E-Mails Secret
(AP) - Democrats demanded on Sunday that House Republicans keep them in the loop and thoroughly investigate former Rep. Mark Foley's inappropriate e-mails to a 16-year-old boy. The White House went further, suggesting the need for a criminal probe. "This should be investigated objectively. I think the Democratic leadership should have been told 10 months ago," said Rep. Jane Harman of California, top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. "I gather that basically nothing was done except that Foley was warned...."

Pelosi's letter to the House Ethics Committee
On Friday, I offered and the House unanimously passed a resolution directing the Ethics Committee to begin an immediate investigation and provide the House with a preliminary report in 10 days concerning allegations about Congressman Mark Foley's highly inappropriate and explicit communications with a former underage Page. The resolution called for an investigation of "when the Republican leadership was notified, and what corrective action was taken once officials learned of any improper activity." Since that resolution unanimously passed, Republican Leaders have admitted to knowing about Mr. Foley's outrageous behavior for six months to a year, and they chose to cover it up rather than to protect these children....

Reid's demand for an AG investigation
"The American people have a right to feel confident that their Congressional leaders are committed not just to the best interest of the nation as a whole, but also to the safety of the young people who every year travel to Washington to work on Capitol Hill. The allegations against Congressman Foley are repugnant, but equally as bad is the possibility that Republican leaders in the House of Representatives knew there was a problem and ignored it to preserve a Congressional seat this election year...

Buried at the end of the NYT "Review of Messages Sent by Congressman Begins" the GOP says it will gladly take receipt of Foley's campaign warchest - "Mr. Foley, who served on the House Ways and Means Committee, was a prolific fund-raiser. His campaign account had a balance of $2.7 million at the end of August, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Carl Forti, the communications director for the National Republican Congressional Committee, said Sunday that the committee would gladly accept Mr. Foley’s money or a portion of it to devote to House races. Mr. Foley already gave $100,000 to the committee in July..." hat tip to AmericaBlog

Foley not the only one who could face charges. Again, NYT buries the juice at the end of the article "Laws Involving Contact With Minors Allow Prosecutors a Broad Range of Discretion" hat tip to TPM. "And Mr. Foley is not the only person who could possibly face prosecution, Professor Berman said. “If there were people who knew about him or protected him,” he said, “some sort of complicity or conspiracy charge is certainly viable.”

Speaker Hastert's letter to the Attorney General via TPM
“Former Representative Mark Foley resigned from the House of Representatives on Friday, September 29, 2006, after improper and illicit communications between Mr. Foley and former House pages were made public. While the House of Representatives on that day voted to refer this matter to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct for investigation, they do not have jurisdiction over federal law or over him upon his resignation from office. “As Speaker of the House, I hereby request that the Department of Justice conduct an investigation of Mr. Foley's conduct with current and former House pages to determine to what extent any of his actions violated federal law....

GOP Leader Rebuts Hastert on Foley
House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) was notified early this year of inappropriate e-mails from former representative Mark Foley (R-Fla.) to a 16-year-old page, a top GOP House member said yesterday -- contradicting the speaker's assertions that he learned of concerns about Foley only last week. Hastert did not dispute the claims of Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds (R-N.Y.), and his office confirmed that some of Hastert's top aides knew last year...

G.O.P. Leaders Knew in Late ’05 of E-Mail
Top House Republicans knew for months about e-mail traffic between Representative Mark Foley and a former teenage page, but kept the matter secret and allowed Mr. Foley to remain head of a Congressional caucus on children’s issues, Republican lawmakers said Saturday. The exchanges began with what Republicans now describe as an “overfriendly” e-mail message from Mr. Foley to the unidentified teenager. But news reports about the exchanges have led to the disclosure of e-mail correspondence with other former pages in which the discussions became more and more sexually explicit...

House Leadership Rips Foley on E-Mails
Rep. Thomas Reynolds, head of the House Republican election effort, said Saturday he told Speaker Dennis Hastert months ago about concerns that a fellow GOP lawmaker had sent inappropriate messages to a teenage boy. Hastert's office said aides referred the matter to the proper authorities last fall but they were only told the messages were "over-friendly." Reynolds, R-N.Y., was told about e-mails sent by Rep. Mark Foley and is now defending himself from Democratic accusations that he did too little...

One of the few mentions in corporate mediawhoredom of the 410-0 House vote Friday night to begin an ethics investigation - CNN "House to probe resigning congressman's notes to teen" The House voted unanimously to launch an investigation into messages allegedly sent by former Rep. Mark Foley to a male teenage page...

Sex-crime crusader quits U.S. House
In a swift and stunning fall from political power, Rep. Mark Foley resigned his Florida congressional seat Friday, a day after he came under scrutiny for sending questionable e-mails to a male teenage House page. He left office, effective immediately, hours after he was confronted with sexually explicit Internet instant messages he exchanged with teens....

The Foley Instant Messages Transcript
If you wondered why he cut and run from Congress so fast, read on... If you are easily offended by homosexual pediphilia chat perhaps another webpage would be more appropriate...

Repug leadership knew about Foley's predelictions for almost a year - AP update of Friday's inital story "Foley resigns from Congress over e-mails"

Speaking of the House "Leadership", back in May ThinkProgress.org reported Speaker Hastert Under Investigation... about the ABC claim Hastert was under FBI scrutiny in the Abramoff LobbyGate scandal. See - ABC News Update on Hastert Story

Here's the ABC report that forced Foley to cut and run - Exclusive: The Sexually Explicit Internet Messages That Led to Fla. Rep. Foley's Resignation September 29, 2006 5:59 PM Brian Ross, Rhonda Schwartz & Maddy Sauer Report: Florida Rep. Mark Foley's resignation came just hours after ABC News questioned the congressman about a series of sexually explicit instant messages involving congressional pages, high school students who are under 18 years of age. In Congress, Rep. Foley (R-FL) was part of the Republican leadership and the chairman of the House caucus on missing and exploited children. He crusaded for tough laws against those who used the Internet for sexual exploitation of children. "They're sick people; they need mental health counseling," Foley said...

Also be sure to check out FoleyGate Update #2