Who's protecting who, or I'll cover yours if you cover mine

Bush Orders Jefferson Records Sealed for 45 Days

"President Bush personally ordered the Justice Department today to seal records
seized from the Capitol Hill office of a Democratic congressman, marking a
remarkable intervention by the nation's chief executive into an ongoing criminal
probe of alleged corruption.

The order culminates an escalating constitutional confrontation between the Justice Department and the House of Representatives, where lawmakers have demanded that the FBI return items seized during a Saturday night raid of the office of Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.)."

So, let me get this straight: There are investigations into roughly 50 sitting
Senators or Congressmen, and one of the few Democrats in the hot seat actually
has his office raided by the FBI. So, all sorts of outrage about that (charges
of intimidation by the DoJ and the like) from both sides of the aisle. And then
the Pres jumps in to seal the seized documents? Verrrrry interesting. Nice
precedent for the next investigation. Oh, didn't I hear Denny Hastert's name
mentioned?