Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Imagine This
The Washington Post leads with House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi issuing a joint statement demanding the Justice Department unhand the files taken in the bribe-related raid of Rep. William Jefferson's office. The Post says the raid is "the first time that the FBI has executed a search warrant on the Capitol Hill office of a sitting lawmaker." A piece inside the WP says the move might have been impolitic and uncustomary, but it probably wasn't illegal.
Imagine this for just one moment.

House majority leader Nancy Pelosi grabs a bunch of Capitol Hill police to raid the White House to retrieve evidence of Presidential wrongdoing.

I think calling the raid on Congress "impolitic and uncustomary" is a bit of an understatement.