Legal age of consent in Washington DC - 16

Mark Foley recently resigned over allegations of misconduct online with a sixteen year old, according to ABC news.

http://www.ageofconsent.com/dc.htm

"Child" means a person who has not yet attained the age of 16 years.

The Congressional page program was started in the 1800s. In its curt form, juniors from high school work on Capitol Hill after school or over the summer.

Source - ABC

If these things happened in DC, then it would have been apparently legal under the D.C. age of consent laws.

When he went online and talked with these "pages", he could be subjecting himself to the laws of outside states. I am not a legal expert in this area, but I will keep an eye on this case. It will be interesting to see if he is charged and what he is charged with, and what conviction - if any - he might receive.

I think it was appropriate for him to resign and I wish that President Clinton had done the same when his inappropriate sexual conduct became public.