{"id":779,"date":"2006-05-25T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-25T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/05\/update-on-hastert-abc-news-and.html"},"modified":"2006-05-25T14:20:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-25T14:20:00","slug":"update-on-hastert-abc-news-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/05\/update-on-hastert-abc-news-and.html","title":{"rendered":"Update on Hastert, ABC News and the Justice Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow!  This story is certainly getting interesting!  Would the Justice department deliberately lie to ABC News to put pressure on Hastert over his support of a fellow congressman?  That seems really far-fetched:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>House Speaker Dennis Hastert accused the Justice Department Thursday of trying to intimidate him in retaliation for criticizing the FBI&#8217;s weekend raid on a congressman&#8217;s office, escalating a searing battle between the executive and legislative branches of government.<br \/>\n&#8220;This is one of the leaks that come out to try to, you know, intimidate people,&#8221; Hastert said on WGN radio Thursday morning. &#8220;We&#8217;re just not going to be intimidated on it.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the rest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/2006\/05\/25\/D8HQUIU80.html\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\nNotice how ABC has given themselves an out:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"story\"><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"story\"> Within minutes of that report late Wednesday, the department issued the first of two denials that it was investigating Hastert. The speaker demanded a retraction from ABC News, which stood by its story. Hastert on Thursday threatened to sue the network and reporters and executives for libel and defamation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"story\"> &#8220;We will take any and all actions necessary to rectify the harm ABC has caused and to hold those at ABC responsible for their conduct,&#8221; wrote Hastert&#8217;s counsels, J. Randolph Evans and Stefan C. Passantino. The letter was addressed to network President David Westin and reporter Brian Ross. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"story\"> &#8220;Our response to the letter is our reporting on the story,&#8221; said ABC News Vice President Jeffrey Schneider. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"story\"> Correspondent Brian Ross stood by his report, saying he has checked with his sources who say the story <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">accurately represents the facts &#8220;as they know them.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"story\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Link via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drudgereport.com\/\">Drudge Report<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow! This story is certainly getting interesting! Would the Justice department deliberately lie to ABC News to put pressure on Hastert over his support of a fellow congressman? 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