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Politics : Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator from New York?
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To: Doughboy who wrote (1093)8/20/1999 7:43:00 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 3389
 

Article I
Section 6. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the United States. They shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other place.

Tampering with witnesses in a Congressional investigation is, I believe, a felony; directing one's staff to tamper with witnesses is not "speech and debate"; and even if, under a loose construction, it were covered, it would not protect staff from prosecution, nor Mr. Waxman from censure by the House.....
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