1115.org

The Albuquerque Journal, Sunday, April 15:

Former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias was fired after Sen. Pete Domenici, who had been unhappy with Iglesias for some time, made a personal appeal to the White House, the Journal has learned.

Domenici had complained about Iglesias before, at one point going to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales before taking his request to the president as a last resort.
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In the spring of 2006, Domenici told Gonzales he wanted Iglesias out.

Gonzales refused. He told Domenici he would fire Iglesias only on orders from the president.

At some point after the election last Nov. 6, Domenici called Bush’s senior political adviser, Karl Rove, and told him he wanted Iglesias out and asked Rove to take his request directly to the president.

Domenici and Bush subsequently had a telephone conversation about the issue.

The conversation between Bush and Domenici occurred sometime after the election but before the firings of Iglesias and six other U.S. attorneys were announced on Dec. 7.

Iglesias’ name first showed up on a Nov. 15 list of federal prosecutors who would be asked to resign. It was not on a similar list prepared in October.

Domenici spoke to Gonzales. Result: Iglesias wasn’t fired.

Domenici spoke to Rove. Result: Iglesias wasn’t fired.

Domenici spoke to Bush. Result: Iglesias was fired.

Like my daddy always said: results speak for themselves.

And apart from the enormous coincidence of Iglesias not being fired till Domenici had spoken to Bush, there is also Gonzales’s statement that “he would fire Iglesias only on orders from the president”.

I wonder if someone will be so kind as to ask Gonzales on Tuesday whether he said this to Sen. Domenici?