Rep. William Jefferson

"Former associates have said Jefferson accepted more than $400,000 in bribes to help them sell telecommunications technology to Nigeria and other West African countries."

"Two of those associates have pleaded guilty to bribery charges, and the FBI disclosed on Sunday it has videotaped Jefferson accepting bribe money and has found $90,000 in cash in his freezer."

-Reuters.com

Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) is the target of an FBI investigation, as stated above. Then, the day before yesterday, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R) joined Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi in asking the Dept. of Justice to release the information seized from Rep. Jefferson's Congressional office back to Congress. They claimed that the Constitution prevented the DoJ from using evidence seized from a Congressman's official office from being used in an investigation (If you want to read about the ABC's accusation towards Hastert, using an interestingly-timed leaked info, read below.)

Now, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Deputy Atty. Gen. Paul McNulty, & FBI Director Robert S. Mueller all threated to resign if the White House ordered them to return the information to Congress. President Bush has order an immediate 45-day freeze on the documents, until the DoJ & Congress can work out a solution.

I'm really not sure who's lawfully right, but since I like to see the Bush's Administration crumble under its own weight, I'd tell the President to give 'em back. Is that wrong? Maybe. But then again, I'm not in politics...yet.

[Note: I forgot to mention in my last immedate post (directly below) that CNBC reported that Secretary of Treasury John Snow, will resign once Bush has picked a replacement.]

-Adam

Source: Reuters.com