Office search upsets members of House

[Deja Q]

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON

Rep. Dennis Hastert, the House speaker, complained directly to President Bush yesterday about the FBI's unprecedented raid on Rep. William Jefferson's office.

Meanwhile, officials said that senior Democrats were working to ease Jefferson, R-La., out of a powerful committee assignment, at least temporarily.

"My opinion is that they took the wrong path," Hastert, R-Ill., told reporters after meeting with Bush in the White House. "They need to back up, and we need to go from there."

White House officials said they did not learn of the search of Jefferson's office until after it happened. They promised to work with the Justice Department to soothe legislators' anger.

"We are hoping that there's a way to balance the constitutional concerns of the House of Representatives with the law-enforcement obligations of the executive branch," said Tony Snow, the White House press secretary.

FBI agents raided Jefferson's office over the weekend and issued an affidavit saying that they earlier had discovered $90,000 in cash wrapped and hidden in the freezer of his home.

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Nice to see (some) Republicans standing up against this. (though the frosted cynic in me also wonders "Why not the typical partisan lambasting?")

BTW: I've heard of 'cold hard cash', but this isa bit too literal? :D

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[in_cog_ni_to]

1. "Why not the typical partisan lambasting?"

Because they set it up. IMCPO.

[dogday]

2. It should

and the fact of the matter is they really did not need to do this.. They have so much evidence against Jefferson that this was just the cherry on the top... Both sides don't like it, it sets a precedent for searching congressional offices and that is not good....

[kentuck]

3. They were looking for other "Democrats" names on the disks...

and papers. So they can expand the investigation on the Democrats. Gotta be "bi-partisan" this close to election.