Hastert Tries To Shift Blame To Staff, Raises Prospect of ?Cover Up?

thinkprogress.org — At a press conference this morning, House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) set up his staff to take the blame for the Mark Foley scandal. Asked if he was satisfied with how his staff handled the matter, Hasert said, ?I understand what my staff told me. And I think from that response, they?ve handled it as well as they should. Oct 10, 2006 View in Crawl 4