Hastert, ABC spar over investigation report - May 25, 2006

Hastert seems to have several bees in his bonnet these days. Things have a way of looking quite different when the Bushites come after you, eh, Denny?

CNN.com - Hastert, ABC spar over investigation report - May 25, 2006:

"Citing the department's denial, Hastert's spokesman, Ron Bonjean, released a statement saying the ABC report was 'absolutely untrue.'

'We are demanding a full retraction of the ABC News story,' Bonjean said.

However, ABC News posted a statement on its Web site late Wednesday standing by the story.

The network said law enforcement sources told ABC that the Justice Department denial meant only that the speaker was not a formal 'target' or 'subject' of the probe, not that he wasn't under investigation.

Hastert deflected questions about the report while on his way to the House floor by telling reporters to 'ask the Justice Department.'

Asked where the report came from, the speaker shook his head and said, 'Somebody leaked it.'"