Statements in Ethics Probes Protected
Watchdogs Worry That Decision Limits Probes
By Jennifer Yachnin
Roll Call Staff
Roll Call Staff
July 13, 2009, 12 a.m.
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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