Raid Outrages Both Parties
Propriety of Search Questioned
- By John Bresnahan and Paul Kane
- Roll Call Staff
- May 23, 2006, Midnight
Congressional leaders from both parties remain upset over Saturday night’s raid by the FBI on the office of Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) in the Rayburn House Office Building, fearing that it sets a troubling precedent for future investigations of sitting lawmakers. Top lawyers from both chambers are scrambling to come up with a response to the unprecedented operation by the Justice Department.
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