Judge: FBI raid on lawmaker's office legal

By TONI LOCY, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 22 minutes ago


WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Monday upheld the FBI's unprecedented raid of a congressional office, saying that barring searches of lawmakers' offices would turn Capitol Hill into "a taxpayer-subsidized sanctuary for crime."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060710/..._on_congress_9

Surprise, surprise: the judge said that "a member of Congress is bound by the same laws as ordinary citizens."

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Thanks for the quote JP There will be a good number of our illustrious legislatures who will find this concept alien !!!!

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if there is significant overtime being conducted this evening cleaning out more than a few congressional offices

I worry that the separation of powers is being breached. Don't mistake me, I'm sure Jefferson is a crook but I think there is a higher principle to consider.

Agreed. This decision was a major victory for justice.

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The only way the separation of powers would be breached is if Congress was allowed to commit crimes....refuse to comply with a judge's order as Jefferson did....and get away with it. They would be above the law, in that case. This ruling says pretty clearly that they are not.

After all, they would not have had to break into his office and get the materials, if he'd turned them over according to the judge's order.

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I love the media. They act as if they've never heard the term "District of Criminals."

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About time! I was wondering when this was going to happen. Does everyone else up there in Congress think that they are God's gift to the world?

Well, for one thing, I know Jackass Murtha has that mentality!

Now, let's go after ALL crooks in any national seat of power.

Man, they must hate that!

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Ofcourse it is. Correct me if I'm wrong you can be charged with crimes and legally searched if your a congressmen but you can't be kicked out off office unless you are impeached and 2/3 of the senate kicks you out. I think the debate was that it the search was violation of the immunity given to a congressmen.

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