• Bush Seals Files Seized In FBI Probe Of Jefferson (p)(f)
  President Bush ordered the Justice Department yesterday to seal records seized from the Capitol Hill office of a Democratic congressman, representing a remarkable intervention by the nation's chief executive into an ongoing criminal probe of alleged corruption. May 26, 2006
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• Congress leaders denounce FBI office raid (p)(f)
  Leaders of both parties on Capitol Hill accused the FBI on Tuesday of overstepping constitutional boundaries designed to protect Congress when it raided a Democratic lawmaker's office over the weekend. Washington Post May 23, 2006
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• F.B.I. Raid Divides G.O.P. Lawmakers and White House - New York Times (p)(f)
  Resentment boiled among senior Republicans for a second day on Tuesday after a team of warrant-bearing agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation turned up at a closed House office building on Saturday evening, demanded entry to the office of a lawmaker and spent the night going through his files. May 24, 2006 NYT
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• Officials Defend Raid on Lawmaker's Office (p)(f)
  Gonzales and other officials said the search was conducted carefully to avoid trampling on the constitutional privileges accorded to members of Congress -- including the use of a "filter team" of FBI agents and prosecutors not connected to the case who vetted documents to be sure nothing unrelated to the investigation or out of bounds was taken. Gonzales and the White House also said the administration had embarked on private talks with lawmakers about the issue. WP May 23, 2006
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