Guess They Think They Are...

...above the law!  Shame on all them -- any congressman, Republican, Democrat, or Independent who breaks the law should be brought to justice.  Since we know politicians will protect their own -- look at this situation -- who else will hold them accountable.  Their (politicians) desire to be 'above the law' is equivalent to blinders-blinding Republicans of an opportunity to once and for all squash this "culture of corruption" BULL!  Well, maybe not BULL -- the bi-partisan circling of the wagons on this issue may indicate a "culture of corruption"; however, not a Republican thing or Democratic thing, but a HOUSE thing!

House leaders demand FBI return papers

"The Justice Department must immediately return the papers it unconstitutionally seized," Dennis Hastert, the speaker of the House, and Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader, said in a statement. They also said that the congressman, William Jefferson, a Democrat from Louisiana, should cooperate with the investigation.

There was a warrant not to mention evidence ($90,000.00 worth) -- wasn't a warrant all that was required in their (poloticians) last argument?

The search warrant, signed by Judge Thomas Hogan of U.S. District Court, was based on an affidavit that agents had found $90,000 in cash in a freezer at Jefferson's home. White House officials said they did not learn of the search until after it had been carried out.

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