Interesting exchangebetween Sensenbrenner and Gonzales at the AG circus today:

“In a Thursday morning session of a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.) demanded answers from Attorney General Alberto Gonzales about what the lawmaker considers a lack of progress in the FBI probe of Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.).

Gonzales was expected to receive a grilling from Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee about last year’s firing of eight U.S. attorneys. But rather than focus on how the prosecutors were dismissed, lawmakers turned the session into a series of partisan arguments about the status of U.S. attorney investigations of two sitting congressmen.

“My constituents are asking me when something is going to happen, whether an indictment is going to be returned or whether the Justice Department is going to make an announcement that there’s insufficient evidence to prosecute Representative Jefferson,” Sensenbrenner said. “When can the public expect some news one way or the other on this issue?”

Gonzales responded that Sensenbrenner knew that he could not talk about ongoing investigations.

“Well, everybody’s talking about it except you,” Sensenbrenner retorted. “I’m just interested in finding out when this matter is going to be brought to conclusion, because we authorize and appropriate a heck of a lot of money to run your department and people are wondering what the dickens is going on.”

More here at Macsmind, but suffice to say that Jefferson’s time is short according to sources I’ve spoken to.