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  • Congress Isn't Above the Law. And bribery isn't "speech or debate."

    05/27/2006 9:10:24 PM PDT · by FairOpinion · 138 replies · 2,505+ views
    WSJ ^ | May 28, 2006 | ROBERT F. TURNER
    How strong is the case against Louisiana's Rep. William Jefferson? According to numerous press accounts, after videotaping Mr. Jefferson receiving a $100,000 bribe from an FBI informant, the government executed a search warrant of his home and found $90,000 of that money hidden in his freezer. In another case, a Kentucky businessman pleaded guilty to paying Mr. Jefferson $400,000 in bribes for official favors. Based upon such compelling evidence and Mr. Jefferson's refusal to comply with a subpoena to surrender key documents for eight months, a federal judge issued the search warrant that was executed in the congressman's Capitol Hill...