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To: American Spirit who wrote (66571)	5/21/2006 10:45:39 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

F.B.I. Searches Official's Office in Ethics Inquiry By PHILIP SHENON Agents raided the Congressional offices of Representative William J. Jefferson, Democrat of Louisiana, as part of a corruption investigation. May 21, 2006 F.B.I. Searches Official's Office in Ethics Inquiry By PHILIP SHENON WASHINGTON, May 20 — The F.B.I. raided the Congressional offices of Representative William J. Jefferson, Democrat of Louisiana, on Saturday night as part of a corruption investigation focused on the lawmaker and on a Kentucky businessman who has pleaded guilty to trying to bribe him. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement that the unusual raid on a Congressional office began about 7:15 p.m., when agents entered Mr. Jefferson's suite of offices in the Rayburn House Office Building, and was being conducted as part of an "ongoing corruption investigation." The statement offered no details of what was sought or of how long F.B.I. agents would remain in the building, which is across the street from the Capitol. An F.B.I. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the continuing criminal investigation, said it was the first time the agency had raided a lawmaker's office on Capitol Hill. nytimes.com