investigating one of their own:

House Speaker Dennis Hastert said Tuesday that the FBI and the Justice Department “took the wrong path” when they searched a Democratic congressman’s office this weekend as part of an anti-corruption probe. “We understand that they want to support and pursue the process that the Justice Department is trying to pursue,” Hastert, a Republican from Illinois, said. “But there’s ways to do it, and my opinion is that they took the wrong path.”

Over the weekend, The FBI searched the Washington home and office of Rep. William Jefferson, D-Louisiana, and found $90,000 of allegedly ill-gotten funds in the freezer of his home, according to an affidavit. […] Leaders from both both parties and both houses of Congress have expressed concern about the search.

On Monday, both Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Hastert said they were “very concerned” about the search, which was conducted under a warrant issued by a federal judge. (emphasis mine)

At least he had the apparent luxury of them getting a warrant before searching. That they’re having issues with this is an utter slap in the face & should serve as a reminder that these fools represent no one but themselves. Regular people get nailed to the wall for less every DAY, you see them addressing that? Nope.

What’s their excuse? “Hey! That’s uncharted territory! We should be cautious & skeptical of such things!”

Hastert said the search was the first time a lawmaker’s office had been searched in U.S. history. “Nothing I have learned in the last 48 hours leads me to believe that there was any necessity to change the precedent established over those 219 years,” Hastert said on Monday.

Well everything I’ve learned ever since I started paying attention to politics leads me to believe that the reason you’re barking about it is because if not for the rampant double standards we have when it comes to law & political power most of our current congressmen — you included — would be in prison.

Criminals, congressmen, same thing…