CREW SENDS HOUSE LEADERSHIP LETTER: STOP PROTECTING MEMBERS INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY

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CREW SENDS HOUSE LEADERSHIP LETTER: STOP PROTECTING MEMBERS INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/30902

* 1/28/08 - CREW Letter to House Leadership // 847.7 kb http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/30901

28 Jan 2008 // Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent a letter today to Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader Boehner asking that the House leaders start cooperating with law enforcement authorities pursuing legitimate criminal investigations involving members of Congress.

Leaders of the House have been improperly shielding members of Congress – including former Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL), Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA), Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA) and Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA) -- from criminal investigation and prosecution through an expansive and aggressive interpretation of the Speech or Debate Clause of the Constitution.

Members of Congress, like all other citizens, can hire attorneys to ensure that their constitutional rights are protected; this is not, however, the job of the House general counsel, hired at taxpayer expense. .......

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1. K&R Good to hear. Thanks for posting. n/t

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2. Why doesn't the MSM tell us all about some of this stuff?

Raw Story has a big article about the crooked connections going on in Illinois. Rezko and the governor and a senator.

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3. It's a start.

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5. step by step, day by day

drip, drip, drip

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4. K&R!

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