David Iglesias

Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said the Bush administration should have abandoned the idea of firing U.S. Attorneys in 2008 because they could not count on Republicans to stop an investigation. His comments appear in Esquire’s Meaning of Life issue.

Former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias, who is now among those prosecuting detainees at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, was profiled in this month’s edition of Esquire magazine. Iglesias spoke about waterboarding (”I don’t know if you’ve ever seen waterboarding, but it’s torture.”) and his belief that military commissions are the best place to try those held [...]

Controversial Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio and former New Mexico U.S. Attorney David Iglesias are involved in a controversy related to an FBI investigation, Talking Points Memo highlights. Arpaio, known as “America’s toughest sheriff” is currently under investigation by the FBI for targeting his political foes in apparent retaliation, according to KHPO, a Phoenix area [...]

Former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias was on the Rachel Maddow Show last night to discuss what was called ”the truth about the lies about ACORN.” ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, has been the target of a “dramatically escalated campaign” by conservatives, Republicans and conservative media according to Maddow.

Former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., had little to say when asked today about two high-profile federal investigations. One is the ongoing investigation into whether any crimes were committed during the process that led to the 2006 firings of New Mexico’s David Iglesias and several other U.S. attorneys. The other is the probe into allegations of [...]

Former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias has responded to GOP gubernatorial candidate Allen Weh’s claims that he took the Republican Party on in Iglesias’ firing by saying Weh’s claims are “a world class display of chutzpah” and that Weh “may not be in touch with reality or may not even be literate.”

Controversial former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will appear in Hobbs on Sept. 10 and speak at the Hispano Chamber of Commerce’s annual banquet, the Associated Press is reporting.

As all regular readers of the New Mexico Independent should know by now, former White House advisor Karl Rove and former deputy chief of staff Harriet Miers gave behind-the-scenes testimony to the House Judiciary Committee. Now, Jason Leopold of The Public Record reports, they may be asked to testify publicly “sometime in the fall.”

One health care bill currently circulating in the U.S. House of Representatives would reimburse doctors for discussing end-of-life decisions with patients. This is what some health care reform opponents are lying about, turning voluntary counseling into what a well-informed former Alaska governor called the “death panel.”

As former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias continues his impromptu media tour following a document dump and the release of House Judiciary Committee testimony by Karl Rove and Harriet Miers, he told Talking Points Memo that he “feel[s] one hundred percent vindicated.”

“I didn’t need a state Senator from Roswell, New Mexico opining about who the U.S. Attorney ought to be when this is going to be largely the province of the United States Senator who is going to give us a list of recommendations,” Karl Rove told U.S. Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-Calif., who was questioning [...]

Scott Jennings, a special assistant to then-President George W. Bush — and Karl Rove’s-right hand man — wanted to replace fired U.S. Attorney David Iglesias with prominent New Mexico GOP attorney Pat Rogers, who he described as “the dream” candidate. Rogers had aggressively lobbied Iglesias to pursue cases of voter intimidation, which he said was “the single best wedge issue ever in New Mexico.”

Former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias told Newsweek that the new e-mails released related to the controversial 2006 firings of U.S. Attorneys across the nation, including himself, “There were improper and potentially illegal — as in criminally illegal — reasons for my removal.”

It isn’t just former GOP Congresswoman Heather Wilson who has her name getting put through the press for the wrong reasons. Former state Republican Party chairman Allen Weh has his name in the David Iglesias firing case, the one that state Republicans wish would just go away.

Former George W. Bush senior advisor Karl Rove spoke to the House Judiciary Committee in July and now the committee has released the transcripts of his testimony as well as that of former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Harriet Miers.
So we at NMI are looking for your help at looking through the transcripts and [...]