House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) had to decide whether [Alan B. Mollohan] should step down -- but he indicated he thought she should. Pelosi said she would not ask Mollohan to step down.

The chairman of the National Legal and Policy Center, Ken Boehm, said he would not release the complaint because some of it was not thoroughly verified. He said the center had verified that Mollohan repeatedly failed to disclose real estate and financial assets and loans.