Congressman Tried to Hide Papers, Justice Dept. Says

Congressman Tried to Hide Papers, Justice Dept. SaysCourt Filing in Response to Jefferson Lawsuit Defends Raid

By Allan Lengel and Charles BabingtonWashington Post Staff WritersWednesday, May 31, 2006; A04

The Justice Department yesterday vigorously defended the recent weekend raid of Rep. William J. Jefferson's Capitol Hill office as part of a bribery investigation, asserting that the Democratic lawmaker attempted to hide documents from FBI agents while they were searching his New Orleans home last August.

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"It is my belief that when Congressman Jefferson placed documents into the blue bag, he was attempting to conceal documents that were relevant to the investigation," FBI agent Stacey E. Kent of New Orleans stated in an affidavit that was part of the government's court submission. The document was filed in response to Jefferson's lawsuit demanding that the government return to him documents seized during the raid on his Capitol Hill office 11 days ago.

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You don't try to hide what is not illegal or incriminating! This whole affair is like a pressure cooker with the heat turned up to the max and with no one to lower the heat. If this pressure cooker is left unattended long enough its going to blow and maybe blow up Congress with it. I sense a desperate urge by Congress on both side of the aisle and Bush & Co as well to make this all go away, post haste. So far its not going away and the pressure valve on the cooker is close to blowing.