When the House Ethics Committee in 2005 admonished House Republican Leader and now convicted felon Tom Delay, Delay went berserk, fired Committee Chairman Joel Hefley, and installed his personal friend and party hack, Doc Hastings. Hastings, in turn, shut down the committee and allowed Delay to continue with his crime network. Once Doc Hastings became Chairman of the House Ethics Committee, Tom DeLay received no further admonitions, and convicted felon bribe takers Duke Cunningham and Bob Ney incurred no investigation. The House leadership also hid the criminal behavior of child sexual predator Mark Foley. To this day, Doc Hastings refuses to speak about his role as House Ethics Chairman.
http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2005/06/doc-hastings-feeling-heat-after.html
http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2006/04/key-to-republican-ethics-problems-in.html
http://www.louise.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=151&Itemid=114
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http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20050625&slug=hastings25m
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