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Statements in Ethics Probes Protected

Watchdogs Worry That Decision Limits Probes

By Jennifer Yachnin
Roll Call Staff
July 13, 2009, Midnight

Federal prosecutors cannot cull statements made to a Congressional ethics committee for a criminal investigation without violating the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause, a three-judge panel ruled in an opinion released Thursday.

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor leaves the podium after speaking to reporters at the Republican National Committee following a House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club on Feb. 7.

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