COEUR D'ALENE -- The North Idaho man accused of concocting a murder-for-hire plot says he wants the FBI to stop snooping through his stuff.
Edgar Steele, 64, filed an injunction requesting U.S. Prosecutors cease and desist part of their investigation against him. Steele is representing himself in the federal trial.
Steele was arrested last month for allegedly hiring a hitman, Larry Fairfax, 49, to install a pipe bomb under his wife's car.
When Steele was arrested, the FBI got a search warrant and raided his home for evidence. Steele claims he hasn't seen that warrant, so the FBI should not be allowed to go through that evidence.
Steele denies accusations that he hired a hitman to place a pipe bomb under his wife's vehicle, to kill her. A pipe bomb was found under her SUV last month when she took it into a Coeur d'Alene Quick Lube for an oil change.
The FBI seized computers and documents from Steele's house after his arrest. At the time, Steele was an employed attorney. He claims his home was his office and many of the files seized are confidential. Steele argued those files should not be in the hands of the FBI, because some of his cases may be of interest to them.
Steele argues that until he gets a copy of the FBI's search warrant, he can't trust their investigation isn't compromising his cases.
Now the U.S. Attorney's Office will have a chance to respond to this injunction. Steele will stay behind bars until his trial in August.
