Rick Renzi

Renzi's Lawyers: Prosecution Interferes With Rep's 'Legislative Acts'

Ryan J. Reilly | August 23, 2010, 10:03AM

Former Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ)

An extortion indictment against former Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.) should not be thrown out because of concerns over the constitutional separation of powers, federal prosecutors told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

While Renzi's case has yet to go to court, his lawyers have argued that the indictment violates the speech clause of the Constitution because prosecutors from the executive branch are intruding on Renzi's "legislative acts" reports David Ingram of the National Law Journal.

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