U.S. Attorney David Iglesias - Articles - Zimbio

DAVID C. IGLESIAS, One of the Attorney's Fired writes a Op-ed Piece in the NYT...

Tue, 21 Mar 2007 18:07:00 GMT

posted by thepopulist

"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.

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Tags: Bush, White House, Politics, Attorney Scandal

Carl Tobias' take on the Iglesias Case

Sun, 5 Mar 2007 18:40:07 GMT

posted by The_Zimbio_Team
"Where this goes is going to depend on where the Democrats take it," said Carl Tobias, a constitutional law professor at the University of Richmond. "And that's going to depend largely on what the U.S. attorneys have to tell them - what they give the Democrats to work with."

Attorney David Iglesias claims Republican Foul Play

Sun, 5 Mar 2007 18:37:10 GMT

posted by The_Zimbio_Team

Attorney David Iglesias claims that he was fired for resisting political pressure to rush a corruption probe reportedly focused on Democrats. He cites phone calls from two Republican members of Congress as evidence of a Republican plot to harm Democratic candidates.

Welcome to our blog about U.S. Attorney David Iglesias

Sun, 5 Mar 2007 18:20:40 GMT

posted by The_Zimbio_Team
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Pete Domenici disses U.S. Attorney David Iglesias

Sun, 5 Mar 2007 18:20:55 GMT

posted by The_Zimbio_Team
"New Mexico needed a new U.S. attorney," Pete Domenici concluded in a written statement.