A potential central figure in the Mark Foley scandal, Scott Palmer, chief of staff for House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and his attorney entered the closed doors of the House ethics committee in the basement of the Capitol near 2 p.m. eastern time on Monday to testify. Hastert is also expected to talk to the investigative panel--and it could be as early as Tuesday.
Palmer's lawyer is Scott L. Fredericksen, a partner with Foley & Lardner who specializes in white collar defense. Palmer has barely been heard from--only to issue a terse statement of denial after former Foley chief of staff Krik Fordham said Palmer and others close to Hastert knew the Florida lawmaker had a problem with pages years before it surfaced in November, 2005.
On Monday evening, Hastert--who dropped his political travel when the Foley sex scandal started at the end of September, will appear at an event in Tennessee's sixth congressional district for Republican David Davis.
Lynn Sweet is a columnist and the Washington Bureau Chief for the 
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