It WAS serious. It was quite a hoot. Shut down the Attorney General's Office for the entire day..
Wow. The FBI Agent I talked to at the AG's Office even had those cute little glovies on..
Congressman Billybob
I was cheering from Pava'ia'i.
Quite a few of the businessmen on the island celebrated at some of the favorite watering holes.
It was about time.
And the Feds probably came armed just in case. The entrenched corrupt officials might have tried to burn down the building rather than let them collect the evidence. Then they would've tried to get the Federal Government to pay for a new building, whose funds would be hijacked quicker than you can say "Fa'alavelave".
Keep in mind that the Executive Branch has failed to turn over its records for years to Archives and Records. There's a lot of evidence of past corruption scattered throughout the buildings. Conveniently lost to Fono (legislature) subpoenas.
Welcome to the wonderful world of "American Funded Banana Republics" in the South Pacific.
I hope this means the Feds will cart away the bad guys and let us try to build a more accountable government.
In other news, let's establish a Federal District Court and office for the FBI here in Samoa. It would make matters of jurisdiction a matter of fact, than one open for debate. (American Samoa is not within the jurisdiction of any Federal Court, but no judge down here is stupid enough to rule that way and find themselves in contempt of a Federal Court, should they want to travel to the United States proper any time in the future.)