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U.S. Attorney David Iglesias
Former New Mexico U.S. Attorney David Iglesias claimed last week that he was fired in December after resisting pressure from two members of Congress to rush indictments in an investigation of an alleged Democratic kickback scheme before... [more]
Former New Mexico U.S. Attorney David Iglesias claimed last week that he was fired in December after resisting pressure from two members of Congress to rush indictments in an investigation of an alleged Democratic kickback scheme before the 2006 election.
"WITH this week’s release of more than 3,000 Justice Department e-mail messages about the dismissal of eight federal prosecutors, it seems clear that politics played a role in the ousters." The rest is here Judging from this article, this is going to be one of the biggest scandals to hit the White House, Since the Nixon era, and the fallout could be tremendous. Other Blogs talking about this: Macsmind, The Mahablog, Booman Tribune, Riehl World View, The Washington Note, The Sideshow, Bench...
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Here is what the Senate Ethics Committee said about Senator Pete Domenici's late night phone call to U.S. Attorney David Iglesias .
- Senate Ethics Committee scolds Domenici (rss.topix.net)
- Ethics committee criticizes Domenici (news.yahoo.com)
Pete Domenici of New Mexico a "public letter of qualified admonition" for his involvement in the Justice Department's firing of several US Attorneys last year. In March of 2007, former US Attorney David Iglesias testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that Domenici had called him at...
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This one sounds like a must-see. Former U.S. Attorney for New Mexico, David Iglesias, will be signing and discussing his important new book and the roles played in his abrupt firing by familiar figures like ...
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The Senate Ethics Committee has issued a "qualified admonition" of GOP Sen. Pete Domenici for a phone call he made to David Iglesias, former U.S. Attorney for New Mexico, in a corruption case involving local ...
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- Ethics committee scolds Sen. Domenici (cnn.com)
- Ethics committee scolds GOP senator (cnn.com)
- Ethics Panel Criticizes Domenici for Indictment... (rss.topix.net)
David Iglesias says Thursday's "qualified admonition" of U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici , R-N.M., by the Senate Ethics Committee is reason to celebrate, but the most important investigation of the U.S. attorney ...
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- Senator rebuked by ethics panel (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
by James Oliphant
Sen. Pete Domenici, the New Mexico Republican who is retiring at the end of the year, was sanctioned by the Senate Ethics Committee Thursday for a call he placed to a federal prosecutor prior to the 2006 election.
In October 2006, Domenici called then-U.S. attorney for New...
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Now that we again have State laws in New Mexico that permit smoked marijuana for medicinal purposes , what do we do about the threat of former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias? Iglesias wrote our legislature, ...
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