news release
from
BARNEY
FRANK
October 6, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Peter Kovar 202.225.9400
MEDIA WATCHDOG REFUTES RIGHT-WING
DISTORTIONS
Congressman Barney Frank released the following
statement today.
“In their effort to defend Republicans from their
terrible mishandling of the situation involving former Congressman Mark
Foley, right-wingers have put forward a distorted, inaccurate account of the
incidents for which I was reprimanded in 1990 by the House ethics
committee. The central lie in this account is that I was somehow involved
in, or aware of, a prostitution ring that was allegedly operating out of my
apartment. The watchdog group Media Matters for America has done an
excellent job of refuting these allegations.
“I am attaching a copy of their analysis, which focuses
on the ethics committee’s finding (which was unanimous, following a
year-long investigation) that I was not aware that prostitution was taking
place in my apartment. Media Matters also notes that the ethics committee
report cast doubt on the extent to which such activity had even taken
place.”
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