It's being reported in today's WaPo that Republicans are coming to the defense of Representative William Jefferson (D-LA) whose office was raided by the FBI last year looking for criminal evidence in a bribery investigation.
People like Newt Gingrich are coming to the defense of Jefferson stating that the raid by agents of the FBI, a branch of the Justice Department, an agency of the Executive Branch, violated separation of powers because Jefferson's office within the capitol building should be free from intrusions by the executive branch.
Kind of an interesting argument given that the little emperor is refusing to allow his aides to testify under oath in front of congress because it would violate "executive privilege." How does this position square with the claims of Jefferson and the GOP supporters who say that congress should be off-limits to searches by agents of the executive branch?
Novel argument I would think to be used against the president's counsel, Fred Fielding, counsel for every Republican president who has ever found himself in trouble since Richard Nixon.
This is like "Don't do as I do, do as I say."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/01/AR2007040100886.html?nav=rss_politics
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