Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., leaves the White House, Tuesday, July 11, 2006, after attending a meeting. An FBI raid on Jefferson's Capitol Hill office was legal, a federal judge ruled Monday. Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan said members of Congress are not above the law. He rejected requests from Jefferson to return material seized by the FBI in a May 20-21 search of Jefferson's office. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Do I detect one heck of alot of political squirming here?? (chuckle)
Remember in any discussion of this event the FBI search of a Congressional office on Capitol Hill was UNPRECEDENTED in the history of the Republic.
U.S. Representative William Jefferson (D-LA) is seen in this June 1, 2006 file photo. A federal judge on Monday upheld the FBI's unprecedented search of the office of Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat who is the target of a bribery investigation. (Lee Celano/Reuters)
The Congressional Black Caucus has some real winners. McKinney punches policemen and this idiot hides dubiously-acquired money in his freezer. Where does that kind of thinking come from?
For a man with nothing to hide, my man, Jefferson is doing a lot of slipping and sliding. Too bad back years ago they didnt investigate Murtha this hard after the ABScam trials. the greatest thing is that this has shut pelosi up with her Corruption charges. Now if we could just figure a way so she could close her eyes.
Meanwhile, the Washington DC public utility reports a sudden surge in the demand for electricity and the trash disposal service reports over flowing dumpsters filled with shredded files.
How soon before Pelosi sends Lantos to give him some advice?
Just another DC crook....what's up with these people? OH, I know...they're above the laws that us peons' are under.
The 45 day waiting period was simply to allow the bigger fish to destroy ,alter and manufacture evidence which would exculpate them.
After the way Tom Delay was pursued on trumped up charges of money laundering, one would figure that the Pubbies would roll up this criminal operation without the need for a "special " prosecutor. Instead Bush reined Gonzales in when he had 'em all cold, hands down! This was a mistake which will haunt the Bush administration for years to come.
Nancy Pelosi is deeply disturbed.
He was the one out of 535 that was stupid enough to get caught. I suspect that in excess of 90% are as guilty as he is.
Come to think of it, there have been a few lately including Cunningham.
."cold cash" JeffersonGeeze, I hope this RAT goes down....HARD!
When did elected memebers of congress become privileged elite? When did they rise above the law? -- the same law that applies to me and to other ordinary citizens? On the face of things, it looks like this guy, Jefferson, is one big time crook. Circumstances may change, of course, but, until they do, I want him subject to the same law enforcement procedures that I would be subject to! If he gets a "pass," I want every other ordinary citizen to get the same "pass."
Glad to see this. We mustn't tolerate such abuses of the public trust.
Pooper Held As Probe Widens
Movin' on up!