The report also makes the stunning finding that political considerations played a role. For both parties. I'm sure that's a shocker.The report clears up what was a big question about the origin of the IM's and says:The report makes clear that while some in House leadership knew that e-mails existed since the fall of 2005, most didn't see the actual e-mails, and no one knew previously about the IMs that were made public later.
The committee's ruling that no ethics rules had been broken means no further action will be taken in the House in this matter.
The investigative Subcommittee uncovered no evidence that the IMs were provided to, or were possessed by, any House Member, officer or employee, or any political organization prior to September 28 and 29,2006.Well that's that. The IM's were the smoking gun, and the pages themselves sat on them, apparently. According to the overheated rhetoric at the time, this means that the anyone who had possessions of the IM's themselves was responsible for covering up for a sex predator!
I wonder if the Democrats will call for the prosecution and investigation of all the pages who knew about the IM's (there were at least 12). After all, they had a responsibility to protect "the children" didn't they?
Index to the full report is here, including exhibits.
