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It appears that a documentary about the U.S. attorney scandal that plagued the Bush administration is going to be quite revealing — or salacious, depending on your point of view.
InJustice, which is being produced by Storyville Films, is still in production, according to information about the documentary on the company’s Web site. But the company has released a 10-minute trailer.
In the trailer, you’ll see a hint of emotion from David Iglesias, the former U.S. attorney for New Mexico who was among those fired, when he alleges that former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici and U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, both New Mexico Republicans, pressured him to speed indictments in a case involving a high-ranking Democrat in time to sway voters in the 2006 election.
“It was un-American, and the more I thought about it — in fact, I’m getting angry again just thinking about it, because it’s not what this country stands for,” he says.
And you’ll hear Iglesias and several other fired U.S. attorneys discuss former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ congressional testimony about Iglesias’ firing with skepticism.
“Gonzales lied under oath when he testified that he would never, ever take somebody out for political reasons,” Iglesias alleges on the trailer for the documentary.
Several of the others discuss the possibility that Gonzales will face perjury or obstruction of justice charges related to his testimony before Congress about Iglesias’ firing.
Here’s the trailer:
Thanks to the Santa Fe Reporter for tipping me off to this.
