Department of Justice

Federal election observers coming to 2 N.M. counties

The U.S. Justice Department is once again sending election observers to Cibola and Sandoval counties as part of an extensive, nationwide effort to monitor Tuesday’s vote.
Some 800 observers from the department’s Civil Rights Division will be deployed in 23 states, according to a DOJ news release Thursday. That’s several hundred fewer observers than in 2004, [...]

Feds are looking into voter intimidation (updated)

An attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice met with a staff attorney from the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico today regarding reports of voter intimidation here, said a spokesperson for ACLU.

N.M. Common Cause: DOJ should investigate charges of GOP voter intimidation

Common Cause New Mexico just announced that it is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate charges of voter intimidation in New Mexico, after NMI reported that a private investigator hired by Republican Party of New Mexico attorney Pat Rogers made intimidating visits to voters in the June primary election.

N.M. GOP attorney says voter fraud likely, even as he gets TPM treatment

Pat Rogers, a prominent GOP attorney, sparked headlines on Talking Points Memo on Monday night. The spotlight on Rogers comes as TPM focuses on the accusations brought by the New Mexico GOP last week of finding clear evidence of voter registration fraud that represents a “bombshell.”

U.S. AG picks special prosecutor to determine if Alberto Gonzales committed crime

U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey has named a special prosecutor in the case of the U.S. attorney firings to determine if criminal charges should be brought against former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, The New York Times is reporting.
Mukasey’s action comes on the same day that the federal Department of Justice released a report that sharply [...]

Everything you’d like to know about Iglesias’ firing and more

Did you know that a reason given for former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias’ firing was that he was considered an “absentee landlord” in the parlance of the Bush administration’s Department of Justice? But a new Department of Justice report released this month shows that DOJ executives either didn’t know where the allegation came from or [...]