Mark Foley Sex Scandal Watch: AOL Instant Message Exchanges of Jordan Edmund Are a PRANK

Matt Drudge: CLAIM: FILTHY FOLEY ONLINE MESSAGES WERE PAGE PRANK GONE AWRY

According to two people close to former congressional page Jordan Edmund, the now famous lurid AOL Instant Message exchanges that led to the resignation of Mark Foley were part of an online prank that by mistake got into the hands of enemy political operatives, the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal.

According to one Oklahoma source who knows the former page very well, Edmund, a conservative Republican, goaded Foley to type embarrassing comments that were then shared with a small group of young Hill politicos. The prank went awry when the saved IM sessions got into the hands of political operatives favorable to Democrats. This source, an ally of Edmund, also adamantly proclaims that the former page is not a homosexual. The prank scenario was confirmed by a second associate of Edmund.

The news come on the heels that former FBI Chief Louis Freeh has been named to investigate the mess.

Developing…

Flap has been asking about those AOL IM’s and how they were obtained by Brian Ross of ABC News.

But, now a set-up of Foley by some smart-ass Pages to F**K around with him.

Pretty sad and pathetic – if true.

Stay tuned………

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