The search of the House office is only incidental to the case. But nonetheless, Frist is wrong as usual. If anything, Hundred Dollar should have less of an expectation of privacy in the people's house than he would have otherwise in a regular office building. Furthermore, I believe a federal judge authorized the warrant.
Regardless, the search that matters was done last summer at his home on Marengo Street in uptown New Orleans where $90,000 of the $100k was found wrapped in aluminum foil in his freezer.
Saturday night's raid was conducted to coincide with the Mayoral election in New Orleans and to send a message to both candidates that the feds are watching.
I doubt the case will go away on a technicality.
You know, I knew there was something illegal in that fridge the day Rush read the story of the National Guard going to his home to help him. That was during Katrina!