at 37. Technical Standards for Web-based Intranet and Internet Information and Applications (. 511, 127 S.Ct. In re Search of Rayburn House Ofice Bldg. of Stanley M. Brand et al. The FBI agents were to review and seize paper documents responsive to the warrant, copy all electronic files on the hard drives or other electronic media in the Congressman's office, and then turn over the files for review by a filter team consisting of two Justice Department attorneys and an FBI agent. This blocky monolith occupying an entire city square on Washington, D.C.s Fax: The FBI agents seized and carried away two boxes of documents and copies of the hard drives and electronic data. 2614, to the existence of criminal proceedings against persons other than Members of Congress at least suggest that the testimonial privilege might be less stringently applied when inconsistent with a sovereign interest. Brown & Williamson, 62 F.3d at 419-20. The Speech or Debate Clause provides that for any Speech or Debate in either House, [Members of Congress] shall not be questioned in any other Place. U.S. Const. 749, 15 L.Ed.2d 681 (1966). The OCAS can assist with questions regarding accessibility issues in the U.S. Capitol, U.S. House of Representatives, and U.S. Senate. * 378, 136 L.Ed.2d 1 (1996). 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 Organizational Meeting for the 118th Congress Watch on Fiscal Year 2023 United States Navy and Marine Corps Budget Wed, 05/18/2022 - 10:00am 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for the Department of The special procedures described in the warrant affidavit called for review by FBI agents and the several members of the Justice Department filter team before the Congressman would be afforded an opportunity to identify potentially privileged materials. The chart below shows the rooms used by Presidents and nominees whose careers included House service after 1908, when the first House office building opened. 6562, the bipartisan FORWARD Act with fellow Co-Chairman Congressman David Schweikert (AZ-6) and Task Force Members Congresswoman Martha McSally (AZ-2), Congresswoman Karen Bass (CA-37), and Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-9). H-217 (Speaker's Ceremonial Office) at 13-22; U.S. Const. at JA 80-87 (directing search team to seize only records responsive to warrant and to provide potentially privileged records to Rep. Jefferson and to district court to determine privilege vel non); Search Warrant (May 21, 2006), reprinted in JA at 3 (incorporating Warrant Affidavit by reference). Markups | Democrats, Energy and Commerce Committee In re 3021 6th Ave. N., Billings, MT v. United States, 237 F.3d 1039, 1041 (9th Cir.2001). The bar on compelled disclosure is absolute, see Eastland, 421 U.S. at 503, and there is no reason to believe that the bar does not apply in the criminal as well as the civil context. 2141 RHOB (Judiciary Committee) Office The Speech or Debate protected by the Constitution includes only legitimate legislative activity, see, e.g., Tenney v. Brandhove, 341 U.S. 367, 376, 71 S.Ct. 3405. Art. Examination of Construction Please be as specific as possible in your description of the problem(s) encountered as well as the location on the website. 619, 50 L.Ed.2d 530 (1977)); Ramsden v. United States, 2 F.3d 322, 325 (9th Cir.1993) (agree[ing] with the Fifth, Eighth, and Tenth Circuits that a district court must determine whether a movant will suffer irreparable injury when considering whether to reach the merits of a preindictment Rule 41(e) motion). at 660, my colleagues first acknowledge that Brown & Williamson involved civil litigation, id. 210 CHOB (Budget Committee) See SA at 54-74. For example, in Brewster, a case involving the criminal prosecution of a Member, the Supreme Court described the violation of the Clause that occurred in United States v. Johnson, 383 U.S. 169, 86 S.Ct. HVC-215 A&B 1334 LHOB, Rayburn Foyer of Hr'g, June 16, 2006, at 35; see Appellant's Br. WebCONTACT: 2329 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington DC 20515-1302, COMMITTEE: Committee on Energy and Commerce. Contact Leasing Corp. v. United States, 429 U.S. 338, 359-60, 97 S.Ct. Hart Senate Office Building - Second Street entrance. The court instructed the district court to: (1) copy and provide the copies of all the seized documents to the Congressman; (2) using the copies of computer files made by [the Executive], search for the terms listed in the warrant, and provide a list of responsive records to Congressman Jefferson; (3) provide the Congressman an opportunity to review the records and, within two days, to submit, ex parte, any claims that specific documents are legislative in nature; and (4) review in camera any specific documents or records identified as legislative and make findings regarding whether the specific documents or records are legislative in nature. Remand Order at 1. He argued, inter alia, that the issuance and execution of the search warrant violated the Speech or Debate Clause and sought an order enjoining FBI and Justice Department review or inspection of the seized materials. See id. The Congressman does not dispute that congressional offices are subject to the operation of the Fourth Amendment and thus subject to a search pursuant to a search warrant issued by the federal district court. at 709. The Congressman has suggested no other reason why return of such documents is required pursuant to Rule 41(g) and, in any event, it is doubtful that the court has jurisdiction to entertain such arguments following the return of the indictment against him while this appeal was pending. Disruption aside, it is well settled that a Member is subject to criminal prosecution and process. Although in Gravel the Court held that the Clause embraces a testimonial privilege, id. It was completed in 1965 and at 2.375 million square feet (220,644 m2) is the largest congressional office building and the newest House office building (the only newer congressional office building is the Hart Senate Office Building, completed in 1982). The House Galleries are closed when the House is out of session and during all Pro Forma sessions. See United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683, 703-04, 94 S.Ct. Beginning on Saturday night, May 20, more than a dozen FBI agents spent about 18 hours in Room 2113. Please vist Alert DC at alert.dc.gov to sign up. at 44, and therefore the protections of the Clause cannot extend to precluding search warrants, id. If Executive Branch exposure alone violated the privilege, agents could not conduct a voluntary interview with a congressional staffer who wished to report criminal conduct by a Member or staffer, because of the possibility that the staffer would discuss legislative acts in describing the unprivileged, criminal conduct. Appellee's Br. Furthermore, [d]epriving the Executive of the power to investigate and prosecute and the Judiciary of the power to punish bribery of Members of Congress is unlikely to enhance legislative independence. Brewster, 408 U.S. at 525 (emphasis added); see id. 4. Popular burger chain Steak n Shake has opened its first location in the District, and its inside the Rayburn House Office Building. 863, 96 L.Ed. I, 6, cl. It also serves as a holding room for visiting officials attending joint sessions of Congress. Neoclassical architecture in Washington, D.C. All articles with bare URLs for citations, Articles with bare URLs for citations from March 2022, Articles with PDF format bare URLs for citations, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 8 September 2022, at 22:26. Currently, Immuno-Mycologics, Inc. 2059 Rayburn House Office Building 1019 (1951), and [t]aking a bribe is, obviously, no part of the legislative process or function; it is not a legislative act, Brewster, 408 U.S. at 526, 92 S.Ct. (emphasis added). Art. 1425, 18 L.Ed.2d 577 (1967)); see also Johnson, 383 U.S. at 179, 86 S.Ct. The Rayburn House Office Building (RHOB) is a congressional office building for the U.S. House of Representatives in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., between South Capitol Street and First Street. 2614.9 The core activity protected by the Clause-speech in either chamber of the Congress-is a public act. Committees Committee and Subcommittee Assignments. See United States v. Dorcely, 454 F.3d 366, 375 (D.C.Cir.2006) (carefully considered language of the Supreme Court, even if technically dictum, generally must be treated as authoritative (quoting Sierra Club v. EPA, 322 F.3d 718, 724 (D.C.Cir.2003))). at 15-16, and that any violation of the privilege does not deprive the Executive of the right to retain all non-privileged materials within the scope of the search warrant. In order to determine whether the documents were responsive to the search warrant, FBI agents had to review all of the papers in the Congressman's office, of which some surely related to legislative acts. 201 (bribery of public official), 18 U.S.C. Cannon House Office Building - Entrance on New Jersey Avenue, SE, south of the terrace at the intersection with Independence Avenue. Yet, as the district court noted, the difference between a warrant and a subpoena is of critical importance here. Rayburn, 432 F.Supp.2d at 111. The district court denied a stay on July 19, 2006. See Brown & Williamson, 62 F.3d at 418-19 (citing MINPECO, S.A. v. Conticommodity Servs., Inc., 844 F.2d 856, 857-59 (D.C.Cir.1988)). David Schweikert is serving his seventh term in the United States Congress. Moreover, Rep. Jefferson's proposed method of warrant execution-first sealing his office and allowing him to separate privileged from non-privileged records-effectively eliminates the distinction between a search warrant and a subpoena. The considerations voiced by our concurring colleague and the district court may demonstrate good faith by the Executive, but they fail to adhere to this court's interpretation of the scope of the testimonial privilege under the Speech or Debate Clause, much less to the Supreme Court's interpretation of what constitutes core legislative activities, see Brewster, 408 U.S. at 526, and the history of the Clause. These non-case agents' reviewed the records in Rep. Jefferson's office only to determine if they [were] responsive to the list of items in the warrant, thereafter deliver[in] the seized records to the Filter Teams. See Appellee's Br. On May 18, 2006, the Department of Justice filed an application for a search warrant for Room 2113 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the congressional office of Congressman William J. Jefferson. This content is provided for the users convenience and is consistent with the stated purpose of this website. 2123 RHOB (Energy and Commerce Committee) 2614, 33 L.Ed.2d 583 (1972) (emphasis added). at 119. We agree, for the Executive retains in its possession seized materials, including complete copies of every computer hard drive in Room 2113, which contain legislative material.3 See City of Erie v. Pap's A.M., 529 U.S. 277, 287, 120 S.Ct. at 10. 1. FindLaw.com Free, trusted legal information for consumers and legal professionals, SuperLawyers.com Directory of U.S. attorneys with the exclusive Super Lawyers rating, Abogado.com The #1 Spanish-language legal website for consumers, LawInfo.com Nationwide attorney directory and legal consumer resources. at 421 (quoting MINPECO, 844 F.2d at 859 (quoting Eastland v. U.S. Servicemen's Fund, 421 U.S. 491, 503, 95 S.Ct. I, 6, cl. 749, 15 L.Ed.2d 681 (1966)-another criminal case-as arising from the use of evidence of a legislative act to support the indictment. Sam Rayburn History: Mr. Speaker and 2. Notwithstanding the search warrant sought only unprivileged records, Rep. Jefferson's congressional office, as the warrant itself manifests,5 also contained records, paper and electronic, of legislative acts to which the Clause's protection extends. Thus, in the criminal context the Supreme Court has indicated that it is the Executive Branch's evidentiary use of legislative acts, rather than its exposure to that evidence, that violates the Clause. 5. See id. Although the Congressman's further request is solely for the return of property, his Rule 41(g) motion is tied to a criminal prosecution in esse against the movant, DiBella, 369 U.S. at 132, 82 S.Ct. at JA 79-87. Quite the contrary is true. Gravel v. United States, 408 U.S. 606, 626, 92 S.Ct. At trial Rep. Jefferson may assert Speech or Debate Clause immunity to bar the use of records he claims are privileged. of Thomas S. Foley, Newt Gingrich and Robert H. Michel (former Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives) at 27-30 (suggesting specific alternative procedures for search of congressional offices); Amicus Br. The indictment charged: Count 1, Conspiracy to Solicit Bribes by a Public Official, Deprive Citizens of Honest Services by Wire Fraud, and Violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 18 U.S.C. 1813, 44 L.Ed.2d 324 (1975))). There would appear to be no reason why the Congressman's privilege under the Speech or Debate Clause cannot be asserted at the outset of a search in a manner that also protects the interests of the Executive in law enforcement. By the time of the Constitutional Convention, the privilege embodied in the Speech or Debate Clause was recognized as an important protection of the independence and integrity of the legislature, United States v. Johnson, 383 U.S. 169, 178, 86 S.Ct. The Executive offers that the special procedures described in the warrant affidavit are more than sufficient to protect Rep[resentative] Jefferson's rights under the Clause, Appellee's Br. 7. House Complex Live Locations | Radio TV Gallery 2059 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 136, and (2) to identify information that may fall within the purview of the Speech or Debate Clause privilege, U.S. If the Senate is in session past 4 p.m., one U.S. Capitol Police security screening area will be open in the Capitol Visitor Centers north screening area to accommodate Gallery access. Contrary to the Executive's understanding on appeal, it is incorrect to suggest that Congressman Jefferson's position is that he was entitled to prior notice of the search warrant before its execution, without regard to the Executive's interests in law enforcement. [6] The legality of the raid was challenged in court, where a federal appeals court ruled that the FBI had violated the Speech or Debate clause of the United States Constitution by allowing the executive branch to review materials that were part of the legislative process.[7]. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. at 420. Services include, but are not limited to, wheelchair loans, sign language interpreting services, and adaptive tours. Unlike the Brown & Williamson dicta, Gravel's discussion of the Clause's applicability to Members should direct our analysis. FindLaw The public entrance to the U.S. Capitol is through the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. If you have any accessibility questions, please call the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services at 202-224-4048. Rayburn Horseshoe Entrance. Rayburn has a five-acre footprint, and looming four stories over the Hill it is larger than the nearby Capitol building. [4] The raid led to members of both parties questioning the constitutionality of the action,[5] and a subsequent hearing by the House Judiciary Committee. denied, Office of Sen. Mark Dayton v. Hanson, 550U.S. Answering a civil subpoena requires the individual subpoenaed to affirmatively act; he either produces the testimony/documents sought or challenges the subpoena's validity. 3. 749, 15 L.Ed.2d 681 (1966), and was to serve as a protection against possible prosecution by an unfriendly executive and conviction by a hostile judiciary, id. Valley Fever Task Force Accessibility | house.gov at 660, in Brown & Williamson we relied heavily on the Clause's purpose-shielding the legislative process from disruption-in reading the Clause's prohibition of question[ing] broadly to protect the confidentiality, see Brown & Williamson, 62 F.3d at 417-21, of records from the reach of a civil subpoena. Open dawn to dusk, daily, including all weekends and holidays. at JA 7. Beginning with the observation that the prohibition in the Speech or Debate Clause is deceptively simple, this court held in Brown & Williamson, 62 F.3d at 415, that the Clause includes a non-disclosure privilege, id. The question on appeal is whether the procedures under which the search was conducted were sufficiently protective of the legislative privilege created by the Speech or Debate Clause, Article I, Section 6, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution. CONTACT: 2329 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington DC 20515-1302, COMMITTEE: Committee on Energy and Commerce Office Hours 9:00 AM6:00 PM, MondayFriday 118th Congress, 1st Session; Member Profile. Office of Congressional Accessibility Services: Office of Congressional Accessibility Services, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, version 2.1. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. WebOffice Room Phone Committee Assignment; D'Esposito, Anthony: New York 4th : R : 1508 78dd-1 et seq. July 28, 2006). Phone: (202) 225-4511. at 420-21. Speaker's Office Balcony Hallway 2531. Recognizing the strength of these constitutional interests, the Supreme Court limited the scope of executive privilege-which is unquestionably a confidentiality rule-by permitting in camera judicial review of executive records to meet [t]he need to develop all relevant facts in a criminal prosecution. As [d]iscovery procedures can prove just as intrusive as naming Members or their staffs as parties to a suit, id. 3090, 41 L.Ed.2d 1039 (1974); Moody v. IRS, 654 F.2d 795, 799 (D.C.Cir.1981). This gated outdoor garden has extended evening hours; staying open until 7 p.m. from April 1 to September 15 each year.Bartholdi Park Committees Committee and Subcommittee Assignments. Web2229 Rayburn House Office Building. Art. Based on the investigation, the affiant concluded that there was probable cause to believe that Congressman Jefferson, acting with other targets of the investigation, had sought and in some cases already accepted financial backing and or concealed payments of cash or equity interests in business ventures located in the United States, Nigeria, and Ghana in exchange for his undertaking official acts as a Congressman while promoting the business interests of himself and the targets. For detailed information about the many services available and/or questions, please visit https://www.aoc.gov/accessibility-services or contact OCAS at (202) 224-4048 (Voice) or (202) 224-4049 (TTY). Johnson, 383 U.S. at 178, 86 S.Ct. WebThe Rayburn House Office Building, completed in early 1965, is the third of three office at 15, it does not deny that compelled review by the Executive occurred, nor that it occurred in a location where legislative materials were inevitably to be found, nor that some impairment of legislative deliberations occurred. We hold that the compelled disclosure of privileged material to the Executive during execution of the search warrant for Rayburn House Office Building Room 2113 violated the Speech or Debate Clause and that the Congressman is entitled to the return of documents that the court determines to be privileged under the Clause.
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