Let's See If Hastert Remembers This

Mr. Hastert, say goodbye to your Speakership.

The former clerk of the House of Representatives, Jeff Trandahl, who testified for more than four hours before the House Ethics Committee today, is believed to have testified that a top aide to House Speaker Dennis Hastert was informed of "all issues dealing with the page program," according to a Republican familiar with the investigation.

The Republican source said Trandahl planned to name Ted Van Der Meid, the speaker's counsel and floor manager, as the person who was briefed on a regular basis about any issue that arose in the page program, including a "problem group of members and staff who spent too much time socializing with pages outside of official duties." One of whom was Mark Foley.

I expect Hastert to use the Ronald Reagan defense. He will have a difficult time remembering if Van Der Meid had briefed him about the Foley emails. It's like he wasn't House Specker at all.