Chaka Fattah, a Philadelphia congressman facing corruption charges, failed to persuade a federal appeals court to void a search warrant that would give investigators access to seven years of his private emails.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday dismissed Fattah’s argument that executing the warrant to force Google Inc to turn over contents of his Gmail account dating back to 2008 would violate the U.S. Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause, which provides protections for members of Congress.