Federal Judge Says Prosecutors Can View Seized Jefferson Flies.

Reports that Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan has allowed federal prosecutors investigating allegations that Representative William J. Jefferson (D-La.) accepted bribes to resume their review of the materials confiscated from his congressional offices. Claims by Jefferson that the raid conducted was unconstitutional; Necessity of an advance notice from the Department of Justice before conducting a search; Opposition of House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) to the seizure.