On February 7, 2.2 million Haitians went to the polls and exercised their constitutional right to select a leader. They went by foot, by tap tap and other forms of transportation, traveling hours and standing in line for almost a day to get to their polling places.

Although a Roman Catholic Foley is a member of The Republican Majority For Choice. S. Foley's legislation to change federal sex offender laws was supported by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children America's Most Wanted host John Walsh and a number of victims' rights groups.

As a result of the disclosures the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement conducted investigations of the messages to find possible criminal charges. The House Ethics Committee also conducted an investigation into the response of the House Republican leadership and their staff to possible earlier warnings of Foley's conduct.