From the Times Picayune:

Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, said Tuesday he would not yield to pressure from top House Democrats to leave his seat on the House Ways and Means Committee while he deals with a federal bribery investigation.

"I will not give up a committee assignment that is so vital to New Orleans at this crucial time for any uncertain, long-term political strategy," Jefferson said in a statement.

and...

Pelosi met behind closed doors Tuesday night with members of the Congressional Black Caucus, some of whose members have come to Jefferson's defense and suggested that he, like any other American, is entitled to a presumption of innocence.

Like Karl Rove, Scooter Libby and Tom DeLay.  Nancy Pelosi's reaction to all of this?

Pelosi's office said late Tuesday that she would have no comment on Jefferson's situation.