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David Iglesias on Bush Attorney scandal-2/3

2008-10-26T09:29:32Z

Former US Attorney David Iglesias on "In Justice: Inside the Scandal that Rocked the Bush Administration"

We speak to fired US attorney David Iglesias about the US attorneys scandal, voter suppression, vote caging and the politicization of the Justice Department. [includes rush transcript]

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David Iglesias on Bush Attorney scandal-3/3

2008-10-26T09:29:32Z

Former US Attorney David Iglesias on "In Justice: Inside the Scandal that Rocked the Bush Administration"

We speak to fired US attorney David Iglesias about the US attorneys scandal, voter suppression, vote caging and the politicization of the Justice Department. [includes rush transcript]

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David Iglesias on Bush Attorney scandal-1/3

2008-10-24T21:29:29Z

Former US Attorney David Iglesias on "In Justice: Inside the

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ABRAMS: There is a little JAIL in the bottom of the Congress

2008-10-29T03:29:25Z

For Karl Rove! The latest in the Bush League Justice series and a double segment at that! With Debbie Wasserman Schultz, David Iglesias and Georgetown Law Professor Paul Rothstein.

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Said to fired U.S. Attorney David Iglesias: "If I were you, I'd just go quietly."

2008-03-07T12:22:14Z

Now this is the kind of government we've all been striving for!

A longtime protege of President Bush told former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias that he was fired for political reasons and that he shouldn't fight his ouster, Iglesias says in a new book.
"This is political," Iglesias recalls Texas U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton telling him shortly after he was ousted. "If I were you, I'd just go quietly."

"Just go quietly"? What is this, a film noir movie?

Iglesias cites the exchange with Sutton in his upcoming book, "In Justice," as further evidence that he was forced out because Republicans were displeased with his refusal to prosecute Democrats.
"I couldn't believe what I was hearing: a U.S. attorney all but admitting that a colleague was being hung out to dry for reasons that had nothing to do with performance or professionalism," he wrote in a draft of the book, which McClatchy obtained.

Here's the difference between Iglesias and most of us: We can believe it.

Iglesias, a former U.S. attorney in New Mexico, is one of nine federal prosecutors whose firings triggered a yearlong controversy at the Justice Department and led to the resignations of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and 11 other Justice Department officials.

::strains of harp music:: I wonder how Attorney General Hillary Clinton or John Edwards would handle this... Sorry, I was sidelined for a moment by my favorite daydream.

Sutton, whose ties to Bush date back to the president's Texas gubernatorial campaign, has been singled out himself by Republican critics who have called for his resignation. So far, he's weathered the political storm. [...]

"The type of protection from political pressure that Johnny has gotten was the kind of protection that I thought we would get," said Iglesias, who said he bears Sutton no ill will. "And we didn't get it, I think largely because we didn't have a personal relationship with the president."

Consider yourself lucky on that last count, David.

Enrique Iglesias - Escape

2008-10-19T21:31:03Z

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Sampson Discusses Voter Fraud

2008-10-16T15:29:50Z

Sampson answers questions about the source of information regarding voter fraud investigations in New Mexico.

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Sampson Would Not Fire Iglesias

2008-10-16T15:29:50Z

Kyle Sampson admits to Senator Schumer that, given the choice, he would not fire David Iglesias.

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Leahy Begins

2008-10-16T15:29:53Z

Leahy Asks About Iglesias

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Leahy Continues

2008-10-16T15:29:55Z

Leahy asks about statements made about Iglesias

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Gonzales 11

2008-10-16T15:30:38Z

No one put David Iglesias on the firing list.

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Goodling 3

2008-10-16T15:30:42Z

Monica Goodling discusses David Iglesias

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Goodling 1

2008-10-16T15:30:52Z

Monica Goodling wonders who put David Iglesias on the firing list.

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Bill Maher Interviews David Iglesias

2008-10-16T21:30:46Z

Bill Maher interviews former US Attorney David Iglesias from New Mexico spelling out the basics of the scandalous firing of the 8 US Attorneys. But what makes this clip unbelievable is when guest Lisa Schiffren, a conservative commentator, argues that its okay for US Attorneys to be political and thus, selectively enforce the law against Democrats and not Republicans. OUTRAGEOUS. Coming from the law and order party also makes it SHOCKING. That the underlying politicization involved efforts to steal elections and thus circumvent our democracy makes it EGREGIOUS.

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