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...Wayne Hays, 68, Ohio Democrat and chairman of the House Administration Committee, was investigated by the House Ethics Committee and the Justice Department on charges of financial improprieties as well as keeping his mistress, Elizabeth Ray, on his official payroll. He resigned in September 1976. June 1976. Representative Henry Helstoski, 54, New Jersey Democrat, was indicted for taking bribes from Chilean and Argentine aliens to introduce bills blocking their deportation...
Capitol Immunity. When Congressman Henry Helstoski appeared before a grand jury investigating political corruption in New Jersey in 1974, he came voluntarily and promised "full cooperation." Two years and nine grand jury appearances later, Helstoski was no longer volunteering information or even answering questions. By then the Congressman himself was a target of the probe. In June 1976 he was indicted for taking bribes in exchange for introducing private bills in Congress that allowed aliens to stay...
That was the end of Helstoski's twelve-year congressional career. Tainted by the charges of corruption, he was defeated in the November election. But he has continued to enjoy one of the privileges of his former office. Last week the Supreme Court ruled that the Government could not use any evidence against Helstoski that referred to his past legislative activity. The reason: the Constitution states flatly that "for any Speech or Debate in either House," members of Congress "shall not be questioned in any other place...
...Helstoski had argued that the bribery charges against him should be thrown out. Though Justice William Brennan agreed, the rest of the court would not go that far. The Government can still show that Helstoski promised to introduce bills...
...delivered. "Without doubt," acknowledged Chief Justice Warren Burger, "exclusion of evidence will make prosecutions more difficult." The Justice Department argued that it would make some bribery prosecutions against Congressmen "nearly impossible." At week's end, the Government was still deciding whether or not to drop its case against Helstoski...