The House ethics committee decided unanimously to suspend its investigation of Rep William Jefferson (D-LA), following a request by the Department of Justice (DoJ) to do so.
The panel announced on its website that it would refrain for now “from attempting to interview or depose witnesses linked to the criminal proceedings involving Representative Jefferson.”
WASHINGTON -- The government's bribery case against US Rep William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, suffered a setback Friday when a federal appellate court ruled that procedures used by the FBI to search the congressman's Capitol Hill office last year violated the Constitution.
A three-member panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said Jefferson should have been able to review documents before they were hauled away by FBI agents in May 2006, the first-ever search of a lawmaker's office.
so does the top story follow from the bottom one, or is it just a coincidence? and is the real story one about FBI competence?
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