(CBS/AP) A former House clerk faces investigators Thursday in possibly the most important testimony yet on how GOP leaders dealt with allegations about ex-Rep. Mark Foley's behavior toward pages. That includes their secret handling last fall of a complaint to a congressman who testified Wednesday.
The questioning of the former clerk, Jeff Trandahl, is coming after Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-La., spent three hours with ethics investigators. He sought to explain how his office dealt with the complaint from a former page about too-friendly e-mails from Foley.
GOP leaders are facing scrutiny over whether they or their aides did too little to stop Foley's inappropriate behavior toward pages when problems surfaced years ago. The revelations have been followed by weakening poll numbers for Republicans, who insist that no one in their party knew of the sexually graphic e-mails that have scandalized the public.
Trandahl's testimony is critical in determining how many people knew about Foley's behavior with pages and whether there are even more incidents than those reported so far.
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