Papers from Jefferson office raid in limbo

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060709/ap_on_go_co/raid_on_congress;_ylt=AuTGPnkYdg.D0IKB113YALOyFz4D;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--
Papers from Jefferson office raid in limbo

By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer Sun Jul 9, 9:33 AM ET

WASHINGTON - Prosecutors and investigators building a bribery case against Rep. William Jefferson (news, bio, voting record) have been unable to examine the documents and computer files seized in a search of the lawmaker's Capitol Hill office.


The materials were placed off limits by
President Bush for 45 days, a cooling-off period that ended Sunday. Yet there has been no resolution of the court fight or talks between congressional leaders and the Justice Department.

The president acted after congressional leaders denounced the
FBI's search on May 20 and May 21 as an unprecedented and unconstitutional intrusion on their turf by federal agents.

Bush directed Solicitor General Paul Clement to keep the materials while Justice Department officials negotiated with Congress' lawyers and a legal challenge made its way through the federal courts.

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1. Democrats in Congress, check your rear-view mirrors:

that was another chance to unravel the BushCo machinery...now try to identify such things when they're in fron to you!

...sigh....

[Biernuts]

2. Does that mean he gets his committee seat back?

Although there's a undeniable double standard in play when Rep Jefferson gets booted from his committee while Rep Alcee Hastings is touted for the Intel Committee despite his (House) impeachment & (Senate) conviction (as a federal judge) for perjury & bribery & revealing a wiretap to the subject of the wiretap. Just the guy we want handling the nations deepest secrets. "Well, gee, I just thought it would be a good idea to ask the North Koreans about the surveillance on their phones..."

[SoCalDem]

3. They will be released to much fanfare ...in October

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