Supreme Court Say’s No To Jefferson Money In The Freezer Case
March 31st, 2008 • Related • Filed Under
The Crypt
by Bill Jefferson
In a big win for Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.), the Supreme Court today refused to take up a Justice Department request to overturn an appeals court ruling that the FBI’s May 20, 2006, raid of Jefferson’s office was unconstitutional.
This means that thousands of pages of privileged documents and materials seized from Jefferson’s office, none of which have been turned over to federal prosecutors yet, will need to be reviewed to determine whether they are privileged under the Speech or Debate Clause, a constitutional privilege that protects lawmakers and staff from legal action for legislative activities.
