Seeing Dennis Hastert and Nancy Pelosi releasing a joint statement regarding the investigations into William Jefferson makes me want to puke.

Joint Statement from Speaker Hastert and Minority Leader Pelosi

Washington, D.C. – Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) issued the following statement regarding the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s search of a Congressional office:

“No person is above the law, neither the one being investigated nor those conducting the investigation.

“The Justice Department was wrong to seize records from Congressman Jefferson’s office in violation of the Constitutional principle of Separation of Powers, the Speech or Debate Clause of the Constitution, and the practice of the last 219 years. These constitutional principles were not designed by the Founding Fathers to place anyone above the law. Rather, they were designed to protect the Congress and the American people from abuses of power, and those principles deserve to be vigorously defended.

“Accordingly, the Justice Department must immediately return the papers it unconstitutionally seized. Once that is done, Congressman Jefferson can and should fully cooperate with the Justice Department’s efforts, consistent with his constitutional rights.

I'm sorry, but invoking the principal of Separation of Powers is just a fancy way of saying they think Congress should be above the law. The Asssociated Press even reports that the FBI agents had obtained a search warrant, "The search warrant, signed by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Hogan, was based on an affidavit that said agents found $90,000 in cash wrapped and stashed in the freezer of Jefferson's home."

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