William Jefferson

Indicted U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi (R-1) is seeking to have dozens of his cell phone conversations which were recorded by the FBI barred from admission at his trial. He filed separate motions yesterday in the U.S. District Court of Arizona arguing that many of the calls are either subject to attorney-client privilege or are protected under the Speech or Debate Clause of the Constitution.According to TheHill.com:

Tony Reinhard, the spokesman for the Arizona Republican Party, usually lets party boss Randy Pullen do the attacking. Today, though, Reinhard is hitting hard at Emily Bittner, his Democratic counterpart. Bittner is roundly regarded as a pit bull in the best sense by Democrats and Republicans alike, and now Reinhard is trying to show that his office can give as good as it gets.