NEWT UPDATE ON FBI JEFFERSON RAID

email ^ | May 30, 2006 | Newt Gingrich

[RobFromGa]

From Newt's weekly email WINNING THE FUTURE for May 30, 2006.

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[newgeezer]

Who's this Newt guy?

[cardinal4]

Whats happening with McKinney? Did she get a way with assaulting a police officer?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Take a look at this.

[kylaka]

Moreover, the raid flies in the face of a 200-year procedure for the Executive Branch to request documents from the Legislative Branch

I understood, the records had been requested for nine months, and the request ignored.

[oceanview]

its a sickness with these people - its all about their power, they feel they become part of the "elites" when they go to Congress.

[oceanview]

what's he going to say when the SCOTUS rules the search was legal, is he going to ask that Congress disband the Court, so it can "protect" itself?

[jim macomber]

I used to like Newt. Still respect his intellect. But he's full of sh*t on this one.

[Miss Marple]

I fail to see why the office should be protected, since for criminal members (of which there are always a few) it would become aplace to hide evidence with impunity.

In addition, what if there was evidence that the member spied for a foreign country or was involved in other nefarious behavior, such as ape or murder? Am I to understand that Newt thinks that these offices should be sacrosanct?

Sorry, I'm not buying it. Those offices should be subject to the same warranted search rules as anyone else...otherwise, we have created a protected class.

[RobFromGa]

But he's full of sh*t on this one.

I agree.

[Miss Marple]

Your comment was less wordy than mine, but straight to the point! LOL!

[RexBeach]

Quite right. No where does the Constitution lend any credibility to his argument.

Members of Congress, when it comes to being suspected of committing a felony are no different than the rest of us with regard to equal treatment under the law.

[Hildy]

I was watching the movie BRAVEHEART yesterday and this line stuck with me. When the Nobles are getting together to decide how to divvy up Scotland William Wallace says, and this is the exact quote:

"There is a difference between us. You think the people of this country exist to provide you with position. I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom. And I go to make sure that they have it." .

[bpjam]

He is completely right about this issue. As long as we can all pretend that the FBI didn't spend weeks trying to get these subpeonas responded to by Jefferson, Hastert and the Seargant At Arms BEFORE going to a Federal judge. The FBI could have given notice to the House leadership that they were going to seek a subpeona but basically that would have been like yelling "We are coming in to search your office - get all the evidence out of there before we arrive!!"

[rhombus]

I understood, the records had been requested for nine months, and the request ignored

I understood this too. It was not mentioned either in this statement by Newt or in the WSJ editorial. Totally ignoring this fact makes the separation of powers argument smell really bad.

[Calusa]

Moreover, the raid flies in the face of a 200-year procedure for the Executive Branch to request documents from the Legislative Branch.

It's the old Lucy football. Why didn't Hastert, Pelo., Jeff. comply with the request for docs after almost one year. Why does team values ever hand the opposition a big, ol' hammer on a silver platter. Wazzup with that A.G.! Rosa Delauro has entered the building. Viddy well me droogs.

[KarlInOhio]

Moreover, the raid flies in the face of a 200-year procedure for the Executive Branch to request documents from the Legislative Branch.

Wasn't the request ignored for months? Or is a subpoena considered a demand instead of a request and was thus ignored for being rude?

[MHGinTN]

Sadly, Newt conveniently omitted that fact. If the other two branches cannot oversee the third, there is no 'check and balance' in the three branches of government. To trust that a democrat crook would eventually turn over 'unredacted' documents subpoened through a judge is to believe 'I did not have sex with that woman' crap rhetoric. I'm severely disappointed in Newt.

[sourcery]

Those offices should be subject to the same warranted search rules as anyone else...otherwise, we have created a protected class.

Exactly. Worse, it would set a precedent where Excutive Branch offices would not be searchable by Congress.

[TexasCajun]

The only word missing is SANCUARY.