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Iglesias: My Firing Was A ‘Political Hit’

Today on Fox News Sunday, former U.S. attorney David Iglesias beat back several misleading claims by Bush administration officials, and reasserted that his firing was a “political hit,” not done for performance reasons.

He pointed out that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales agreed to write him a recommendation even after he was fired. “If [my firing] was performance based, there is no way they would have agreed to have allowed me to list them as a reference,” he said. “In fact, they agreed, telling me that the true nature was political, not performance.” Watch it:

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Iglesias rebutted criticisms from Republican leaders, such as the New Mexico GOP chairman, who complained to Karl Rove that the former prosecutor didn’t go after voter fraud aggressively enough. In those cases, “we didn’t have evidence beyond a reasonable doubt,” Iglesias stated. “Prosecutors can’t just prosecute on rumor and innuendo. I set up only one of two election fraud task forces in the country. In fact, the Justice Department asked me to speak at an election fraud seminar as a result of those task forces.”

Iglesias also resisted pressure from Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM), who made “unprecedented” — and possibly illegal — calls to him to prosecute Democrats before the Nov. 2006 elections.

In today’s New York Times, White House counselor Dan Bartlett acknowledged that calls and visits from officials in New Mexico “played a role in deciding Mr. Iglesias’s fate.”

Transcript:

IGLESIAS: Performance has nothing to do with this. This is a political hit.

And I just wish the Justice Department would have been honest when it testified in January that these were, in fact, not performance related but, in fact, political.

I think it’s incredibly telling that I wasn’t on any hit list until just weeks after those two very inappropriate phone calls from two members of Congress.

WALLACE: Well, New Mexico Republicans — and this is a story on the front page of the New York Times today. They say the real problem was that there was significant evidence of voter fraud, that left-wing groups were trying to register ineligible voters and that you failed to prosecute those cases.

IGLESIAS: And that’s true, because we didn’t have evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. Prosecutors can’t just prosecute on rumor and innuendo. I set up only one of two election fraud task forces in the country. In fact, the Justice Department asked me to speak at an election fraud seminar as a result of those task forces.

I wanted to prosecute those cases. I thought I had one case that I could have prosecuted. At the end of the day, I didn’t have the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, so I did not prosecute.

WALLACE: Well, you say, Mr. Iglesias, Look, this is a political hit. The fact is these are political appointments. We all know that home state senators often have a say in who gets appointed or not appointed.

So what is wrong with what happened to all of you?

IGLESIAS: Nothing wrong per se. It was just the manner in which they tried to misrepresent the true nature of our firings.

All they should have done was just say at the very beginning, These political appointees have lost political favor. We don’t need to give any details, and let it go at that.

But instead, they tried to slander us on our way out. And I had a duty to defend my honor and the honor of my office, which is one of the hardest-working offices in the country.

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WALLACE: Finally, Mr. Iglesias, in January, after you were fired, you sent this e-mail to the Justice Department, to the chief of staff, to the attorney general.

Let’s put it up on the screen. I wondering if you could ask the judge, meaning Attorney General Gonzales, if I can list him as a reference.

Mr. Iglesias, if you were so upset about the way your case was handled, why were you asking the Justice Department for a job reference?

IGLESIAS: It’s a good question. It’s a very simple test. I wanted to see if the true nature of my firing was performance based. If it was performance based, there is no way they would have agreed to have allowed me to list them as a reference.

In fact, they agreed, telling me that the true nature was political, not performance.



64 Responses to “Iglesias: My Firing Was A ‘Political Hit’”

  1. Jim Source says:

    Guess not much has changed since the days of Richard Nixon and John Mitchell. The Department of Justice is nothing more than a political tool for the GOP.


  2. Mary Poplins says:

    Looks like Mr. Iglesias put Wallace in his place. More power to Mr. Iglesias.


  3. VerbalKint says:

    But is was all legal, right Jake?

    Well, maybe not.


  4. profmarcus says:

    trickle, trickle, trickle… the cracks in the dam keep trickling… it’s gonna be a tough go for those living downstream…

    And, yes, I DO take it personally


  5. Briseadh na Faire says:

    I don’t think this received much attention when it first broke. It’s worth a look back:

    Study: Feds Chase Dems More than GOPers

    Apparently, throughout Bush’s reign He has used the Federal Government to investigate political opponents.

    The real terrorists are the ones in, and behind the scenes of, the White House.


  6. n69n says:

    btw, Iglesias is handsome.


  7. gummitch says:

    Jeeze, it’s a good thing Wallace has no agenda. Iglesias handled him very well.


  8. tarazan says:

    He was fired because he was at the ‘pleasure’ of the President. I think the word ‘pleasure’ has been circulated a lot lately….

    I always thought that this is weakness of US justice system.

    Attorney Generals positions seems to be filled with Presidents’ friends.

    Attorney General Mitchell was friend of Nixon,and at one time a business partner…so he defended Nixon during Watergate.

    Edwin Meese was friend Reagan,brought from California…and during Iran Contra scandal..he claimed he knew nothing about the whole story…

    And now Gonzalez ,who is friend of Bush,brought him from Texas.

    Of course these A.G’s will defend the president…they are friends. Firing attorney Generals is a political one even when a new administration comes…

    It looks like there is a high turnover in this business…every few years…at the pleasure of the President


  9. freeman says:

    The president serves at the pleasure of the American people.
    AND WERE NOT PLEASED ANYMORE !


  10. whiteyfresh says:

    i guess they weren’t very good at pleasuring the president and his staff…


  11. R says:

    We here in New Mexico are certainly in the public eye, lately. Rumsfeld has a house here. Plame and Wilson are moving here too, to get away from the D.C. scene. It looks as though we are joining the 21st century. I hope that we don’t lose our sense of simple, basic honesty and philosophy of green and freedom in the process.


  12. R says:

    … at the pleasure of the President” sounds like the WH has hired hookers and prostitutes on hand. Come to think of it…


  13. MrHaney says:

    Well which is it, Mr. Gonzales? Are you a liar or an idiot?


  14. mrJJ says:

    Rove’s “Dirty Tricks” Email Servers

    Ok, so Karl’s assistant doesn’t use the WH email system but rather gwb43.com. So, let’s query the WhoIs database to see who owns gwb43.com:

    Registrant:
    Republican National Committee
    310 First Street SE
    Washington, DC 20003
    US

    Domain Name: GWB43.COM

    Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
    Republican National Committee dns@RNCHQ.ORG
    310 First Street SE
    Washington, DC 20003
    US
    999 999 9999 fax: 999 999 9999

    Record expires on 16-Jan-2008.
    Record created on 16-Jan-2004.
    Database last updated on 17-Mar-2007 13:19:34 EDT.

    Domain servers in listed order:

    NS1.CHA.SMARTECHCORP.NET
    A.NS.TRESPASSERS-W.NE

    Im pretty sure the RNC has scrubbed its mailservers by now…..

    http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/3/4/135310/0946


  15. MrHaney says:

    mrjj: They can “scrub” these servers, but don’t their sent meesages put packets at every receipient’s server also? Plus, we are now seeing more and more “paper” versions of these messages that put the sender and the receiver in uncomfortable positions.


  16. Nat says:

    Well which is it, Mr. Gonzales? Are you a liar or an idiot?
    Comment by MrHaney — March 18, 2007 @ 11:37 am

    He’s a lying idiot.


  17. mrJJ says:

    by MrHaney

    True…. But what else went through those servers? Did Fitzgerald look into them when he was investigating the Libby matter? The server appears to be a second line of communications for WH insiders using unofficial back channel coms. I still want to know what was Fitzgeralds “Bush/Rove loyalty ranking” ….I don’t mean to cast Fritz in an unfair manner but some parts of his investigation bring up more questions concerning Rove’s participation.


  18. big papa says:

    Comment by R #10

    …apparently you’ve never heard of…

    …Jeff Gannon…


  19. Tom says:

    That was beautiful, the way Iglesias turned around his reference request on Chris Wallace. I wonder if Wallace ever feels ashamed of how he frames his questions to imply wrongdoing on the part of his guest, wrongdoing that doesn’t exist?

    - Tom


  20. joanne murphy says:

    For everyone on the Democratic side who has inflated the image of Karl Rove into some kind of invincible Godzilla, this embarrassing debacle ought to put that notion to rest once and for all.

    How ham handed and incompetent was this? By not only firing the “Gonzales Eight” and letting them twist in the wind, but adding insult to injury by having Gonzales answer questions about their axing by claiming they were “performance related,” the White House all but guaranteed that there would be a public brawl in the media over these dismissals.

    I feel as though I have fallen down a rabbit hole! The White House is experiencing more political fallout as a result of these firings—which mind you, were NOT illegal—than they have in all of the cases over the past 6 years in which they have blatantly broken the law! To wit: lying to Congress about the WMDs, illegally diverting $700 million from the war in Afghanistan to Iraq; domestic spying and eavesdropping, misuse of federal dollars for illegal religious programs, and on and on.

    Let’s not forget that the fired prosecutors were loyal Republicans, not liberal firebrands, and would have gratefully accepted “golden parachutes” in which they were quietly and gracefully put out to pasture into Administration-friendly law firms. Why could this not have been accomplished without creating a 24/7 media brouhaha? The same crony replacements could have been accomplished with a minimum of fuss and virtually no public outcry.

    In retrospect, perhaps we should thank Rove for being such a bumbling fool and providing an opportunity for endless investigations and hearings by Democrats.


  21. Angry One says:

    For the latest news, hearings, legal filings and other essential documents on the Bush DOJ prosecutor firings, see:
    “The U.S. Attorney Scandal Documents.”


  22. beijair says:

    isn’t it interesting to watch the republican party of christian and family values continue to lie on top of other lies, go to war and kill/murder, promote torture and yet they still have some idiot christians supporting this behavior. wouldn’t jesus be proud of his christians and his born again christian president. amazing they can lie and continue to lie and they are still allowed to remain in their jobs. even the lame democratic leaders are too weak to stand up and get a back-bone. time that we in america gain more control of what happens in our government and we regain the freedoms we had before bush came along.


  23. Mary Poplins says:

    It looks like Mr. Iglesias put Wallace on his place. Good for Mr Iglesias.


  24. Kate Henry says:

    Gawd I wish we had a form of government where “we the people” could call for a “no confidence” vote for our President and Vice President. It is very frustrating that the Congress is allowing these crooks to get away with all their illegal actions. That’s why the founding fathers put the impeachment process in the constitution. It’s mentioned there 6 times so I really think they were serious about it. But, since we have an impotent Democratic senate and a lying, cheating Republic party, we all have to sit back and watch these people continue to chip away at what makes this a great country.


  25. big papa says:

    It is very frustrating that the Congress is allowing these crooks to get away with all their illegal actions. That’s why the founding fathers put the impeachment process in the constitution.

    Comment by Kate Henry #20

    Kate,

    The Repulsivescum, and Bluedog Democratic TRAITORS in the House and Senate…

    …are representing enough “pockets” of conned’self-servative red state inbred imbecilic ideologues…

    …that they have no fear of their constituencies’ rebelling against the Bushite doctrine…

    …of TREASON, incompetence and corruption…

    …so they (right wing Congresspersons and Senators) feel safe…

    …and are free to OBSTRUCT the Democratic/Progressive’s attempts at accountability and reform…

    …No 60% super majority in the senate…

    …no “fixy da problem”…


  26. CoffinsDrapedWithFlags says:

    Damn, Wallace and these other bushbites are so stupid that they don’t even know when they are being set up. Smart thinking on the part of Iglesias.


  27. KingCranky says:

    #17, Joanne Murphy, excellent post, indeed, based on what a disastrous electoral campaign Rove ran in 2006, how can anyone take him seriously anymore?

    Gay bashing and National Security no longer are the winning GOP tickets anymore, not after the inept response to Katrina and an escalation the public is dead set against for Iraq

    The real kicker here is that the plan was finalized AFTER the November elections, even though there was no way, logically or realistically, that a mass firing of US Attorneys halfway through a President’s 2nd Term could EVER be done as quietly as W’s self-aggrandizing signing statements

    Nope, instead we have the political equivalent of the 1812 Overture on the Boston Esplanade every July 4th

    And the best part here is that if Gonzo goes, Rove is probably not long for political service either, as he’s even more deeply involved in this completely self-inflicted fiasco than Gonzales is

    And if Rove has to testify to Congress, then no Opening Statements followed by pleading the 5th Amendment, either claim that privilege at the start, or waive it entirely, but don’t spin

    Any opening statement by Rove should be considered a formal waiver of his 5th Amendment privilege

    And if Rove has nothing to hide, then he won’t mind testifying in public and under oath

    “Under Oath” is to this Administration as “Bleach” and “Sunlight” are to vermin and parasites


  28. Mary Poplins says:

    What is going on? I tried to post comments 4 times and it did not go through.


  29. Sharon says:

    Good Morning all, I have some question’s I hope you can answer for me…..Was or is it required for the president’s advisor to be questioned and passed or rejected by the senate before they get the job.?….What form of investigation’s are done to get a security clearence.?..How can a presidental advisor get the power to recommend hiring and firing of attorney’s when said person is neither an attorney or even a college graduate?.Is rove along with cheney realy co president’s, since clearly bull shit bush is to drunk, drugged and down right stupid?…I am sincere in these question’s, I have wondered for some time about all of them…Blessings


  30. shane says:

    Gee, I thought Pleasuring the President was Jeff Gannon’s job.


  31. mbbsdphil says:

    No. 17, replacing USA’s to get political cred from whining Congress people may be a ncie to have, it may be the Wheaties Mr. Rove eats every morning. But consider.

    If I were the president’s chief political adviser, I would be more worried about leaving behind eight years of potential graft and corruption come January 2009. What would I do? Leave behind ninety-three, well-coordinated and functioning US Attorney offices – filled with thousands of motivated lawyers, investigators and staff – who could easily follow the poltiical dung trails while they were still warm and aromatic?

    Or, would I fill the gearbox with sand by gutting their leadership, morale, and staffing? Would I create a furor that could force retrying thousands of cases, creating a resource nightmare that would piss off judges, juries, lawyers, investigators and the public, and lay open every case to charges that they were politically motivated.

    I would have then further hampered the usual inter-adminstration replacement of all USA’s, setting back the administration of justice, while allowing me to claim that it was the Democrats, not Republicans, who left the mess and were poltiicizing the process.

    For Mr. Rove, politics is not the art of the possible, or war by other means. It’s just war. And he always thinks ahead.


  32. shane says:

    In retrospect, perhaps we should thank Rove for being such a bumbling fool and providing an opportunity for endless investigations and hearings by Democrats.

    Comment by joanne murphy — March 18, 2007 @ 12:13 pm

    Fortunately despite his dirty tricks Democrats took back Congress. That’s why Rove worked so hard to keep control. And if he had kept the majority not one of these issues would have seen the light of day. He was “this close” to getting away with it all.


  33. russell stookey says:

    The other side of this is we now have the remaining attorneys who DO please the GOP.
    God help us all when our rights and freedom are in the balance.


  34. Jake says:

    VerbalKint:

    No one has proven to me it was IL-legal.


  35. Mary Poplins says:

    It looks like Mr. Iglesias put old Wallace in his place. Good for Mr. Iglesias.


  36. big papa says:

    Comment by Sharon #24

    Hey Sharon,

    I’ll try to help you on the questions you’ve raised, whose answers I am most confident of…

    …presidential advisors are not “confirmed” by the Congress…

    …they really do serve at the president’s pleasure…

    …as for security clearances…

    …I suspect that I’m not too far off when I surmise that…

    …one’s childhood, educational/military background, travel (especially outside the country), credit history, religious and political affiliations/history…

    …are all investigated…

    …HOWEVER, for Rove (being as connected as he is) I kinda doubt all of this was necessarily done…

    …ideally, presidential advisors are POLITICAL appointments with NO bearing on Constitutional officer appointments and matters…

    …(I hope I parsed that correctly)…

    …in other words no “political advisor/appointee” (like Rove) is SUPPOSED to hold sway over Constitutional officers’ appointments (like U.S. Attorneys at DOJ)…

    …but this is Bushiva’s world, and therein lies part of the rub…

    …L’il Dick has been touted as the “most POWERFUL VP in history” and I believe it…

    …Cheney has held enormous influence over Bushiva’s foreign policy because he (L’il DicK) controls the “goose that lays the golden eggs”…

    …Halliburton and the military industrial complex, throw in Bushiva family connections to the House of Saud, Carlyle Group and Bin Laden’s family as well…

    …and one is provided the BEST blueprint for WHY we’re in Iraq (and the greater ME) beating down their sovereignty…

    …Rove may be a lesser power in that regard (foreign policy), but domestic policy may be HIS territory…

    …Katrina is widely rumored to be Rove’s (political) shenanigans at work…

    …I believe most of what I’m saying is accurate (but I could be wrong on some points)…

    …and I hope this helps you out…


  37. makesenseofit says:

    A need to find persistence as in the impeachment of Clinton. With unprecedented aggression and fierce
    and ruthlessness the power brokers
    were after Clinton. The need is to have the same type of force to find the Bush administration with impeachable offenses and aggressively persue until
    the end…


  38. Thinker says:

    Is it possible that Mr Iglesias could now bring a civil RICO suit against the Republican Party – as a possible criminal enterprise?


  39. Sharon says:

    Thank’s big papa..You have answered what I guessed to be the answer’s to my question’s……It seem’s to me this position should be senate approved in the future, perhaps there could be a bill passed on this issue to prevent such blatent illegal use by an evil doer…..

    One more question and this is for all the troll’s, should they arrive and read my question….Why do a mere 30% of the lied to voter’s continue to back such a evil regime when clearly we are all in the same boat as every one else.?…Do you realy think if marshal law is brought about by the bunch in the white house that you will be treated any diffrently than the rest of the public by hired cheney/rove merceneries…I don’t think so….Wake up folk’s…..Blessings



  40. Gregor Samsa says:

    No one has proven to me it was IL-legal.
    Comment by Jake — March 18, 2007 @ 1:29 pm

    And I have the feeling no one ever will. As a matter of fact, I seem to remember you defending the firing of the US attorneys as “business as usual”, and nothing to worry about.

    It’s just like arguing with creationists: evolution will never be “proven” in their opinion, no matter the evidence.


  41. gf120581 says:

    What flabbergasts me about this whole thing was the fact that Rove/Gonzo/etc. decided to go ahead with this little scheme AFTER the midterm elections, when they knew the Dems would have control and the subpeona power to go after this. Did they still think Congress would just look the other way and not do anything? It just adds more credibility to my belief that Karl Rove is now political genius, just a dirty-trick playing thug who got lucky with 9/11 and flogged that dolphin untill it didn’t work anymore.

    Those impressed with Iglesias, remember, this guy was the basis for Tom Cruise’s lawyer character in “A Few Good Men.”


  42. WaltTheMan says:

    I do not understand all of the flack about Bush43 not keeping his promises. He promised that he would bring a new level of respect to the White House and he did. He just did not continue to say that the level he was seeking was lowest.


  43. Mistress Z says:

    Walt,

    You’re a genius.

    I’m sure you hear that all the time. :)


  44. gummitch says:

    It’s just like arguing with creationists: evolution will never be “proven” in their opinion, no matter the evidence.

    Comment by Gregor Samsa

    Bingo. And in the face of truculent unwillingness to hear anything over their own chanting, why would anyone bother to try?


  45. RUCerious says:

  46. WaltTheMan says:

    #38 – Mistress Z,
    Actually, I was a stand-up comic at bars around Upstate NY from 1963 to 1978. I made more money on a ten hour work week on Fridays and Saturdays then I did on my weekday job as a computer design engineer. About ten times as much. I also made three times as much on gig as my spouse’s OBG. We were having idle chat while waiting for our second son to emerge (11 lbs 13oz) and he asked me, as he often saw my name in the paper, and started to wonder why he had invested ten years of his life to the learning and qualification process. I only worked days for the benefits and to maintain my sanity and marriage. I quit the night club (fancy term for ‘bar’) circuit when my oldest son hit nine.


  47. R says:

    #16- Actually, I have, … come to think of it.


  48. bigdavefromqueens says:

    My two cents.

    1. Bush has a right to fire at will employees but NOT for illegal reasons. These firings appear to be illegal. (see #2)

    2. Rove and Gonzalez should be frogmarched to jail and charged with conspiracy, tampering, and obstruction of justice.

    3. As Paul Krugman and others have documented, it appears that Bush District Attorneys acted under the premise that being a Democrat was a per se crime and being a Republican was de facto immunity from criminal prosecution. Thus, any person convicted by any of these other 85 District Attorneys may have to have his or her conviction overturned even though some of them may be guilty.


  49. russell stookey says:

    Firing the DOJ attorneys is NOT a crime. Every President changes them since these are political pay back jobs.

    Usually the clean sweep is done at the FRONT of the new term and not MID TERM of the SECOND TERM OF OFFICE, as here.

    That is unusal and needs to be checked out in view of the allegations of the DOJ Attorneys who stated they were pressured by GOP members to bring charges against foes of the GOP.

    99% of Americans do not understand how Grand Juries work but assume, wrongly, that an INDICTMENT means QUILT. Not true.

    The accused is not allowed to even know a presentment is being made against them, they have no right to be there, no right to counsel, no right to present evidence or call witnesses in defense and no rebuttal.

    The old saying is you can indict a hamburger!

    Rigging the justice system to bring troubles to your political enemies is what is wrong.

    Pressing DOJ attorneys to do it is illegal.

    Firing them for not being “team players” sends a clear messages to the others to get in line, do the bidding for Bush, Rove or the GOP or you are out.

    We had ONLY nine who stood back and refused to play along and got axed for it.

    What does this say for what is left in the system?

    Those who would use the justice system in such a manner need to suffer the consequences of violation of justice.

    And, with all this said and done, once again Bush and his criminals will get away with it.


  50. WJM says:

    To #24 and #30: These are not advisors, these are prosecutors. They WERE previously approved by the Senate, UNTIL an advisor to Sen Arlen Specter’s office snuck a little thing into the patriot act that made it unnecessary. THAT is the REAL issue here, not that they were fired. They can be fired any time they should be, but their repacements SHOULD STILL be approved by the Senate, not just put into office by the president and his lackies.

    The way things stand now, they could fire every single one of the prosecutors, and replace them with their own guys who will do whatever political witch hunt the administration wants. The Senate, the house, and the American people would not have a say in ANY of it. Is THAT how things should work in this country? I think not.


  51. TripMaster Monkey says:

    WJM sez:

    The way things stand now, they could fire every single one of the prosecutors, and replace them with their own guys who will do whatever political witch hunt the administration wants.

    Or, more importantly, they can bury any case the administration wants buried. This means that any investigations of election fraud can die a quick and messy death, and with carte blanche to commit election fraud, this administration can thus ensure that their chosen successor never again has to worry about losing a Presidential race.


  52. WC says:

    Wow…is it just me, or are the trolls pretty silent on this thread?


  53. Anvilhead says:

    Apparently the only way to get a president impeached is if a bimbo eruption is involved. Surely something has been going on between Baby Doc Bush and Condisleaza. And since the GOP is the party of closet homosexuality, I’m guessing Turdblossom and Jeff Gannon were probably involved too. Where are Kennyboy Starr and $100 million taxpayer dollars for an investigation when we need them?


  54. Dardango says:

    So Gonzo lied? Imagine that.


  55. Raymond Funamoto says:

    This was a “political hit” without a doubt. CHIMPya and FRANKENCheney need to be BROUGHT TO JUSTICE and CHIMPEACHED SO THE THEATRE MARQUEE READS AS FOLLOWS”
    “FRANKENCheney MEETS CHIMPya the APE-MAN”
    “The ANGRY Villagers carried the TWO MONSTERS down their IVORY TOWER to HANG THEM BOTH FROM THE HIGHEST COURT in the land!”
    “THRILL to the CHASE through the Gonzales GRAVEYARD!”
    “CHILL to the CAPTURE in the Rove FAT-F*CK Necropolis!”
    “CHEER as the TWO MONSTERS are STRUNG UP and LEFT TURNNG
    SLOWLY IN THE WIND, THEIR ROTTEN NECKS SNAPPED LIKE ROTTEN TWIGS!”
    “DON’T YA DARE MISS FRANKENCheney MEETS CHIMPya the APE-MAN—–IT’S A THRILL A SECOND!!!!!”


  56. me says:

    Why in the world would anybody decent agree to appear on Fox?

    The Murdoch/Ailes Republican Propaganda Machine has no credibility other than that given it by guests. When otherwise respectable people appear on Fox, they unintentionally are endorsing it.


  57. Make Them Accountable / This administration turned the DOJ … says:

    [...] Iglesias: My Firing Was A ‘Political Hit’ [...]


  58. The WAWG Blog » Bad Deeds for 3-19-07 says:

    [...] Former U.S. attorney David Iglesias says My firing was ‘political hit’ [...]


  59. Think Progress » Charged With Leading Ethics Inquiry Into Firings, Cornyn ‘Doesn’t See What Hubbub Is All About’ says:

    [...] (CREW) called for a Senate ethics inquiry into whether Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) improperly pressured U.S. Attorney David Iglesias to bring indictments in an ongoing probe of a Democrat shortly before [...]


  60. Post American says:

    This is worse then Watergate! All the fired US Attorney’s are from 08 Swing States. The RNC’s 04 strategy was to use state officials to cry vote fraud against Democrats. Sen. Domenici was the NM Chairmen for Bush/Cheney 04. Scott Jennings, Karl Rove’s aide, was the NM Executive Director for Bush/Cheney 04. Man, where is the outrage.


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