Though there hasn’t been much public activity in recent months, probes into the 2006 firings of nine
That has the potential to threaten the legacy of the retiring U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici and the political future of U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson.
The Hill is reporting today that there has been recent behind-the-scenes activity in several investigations related to the firings of David Iglesias of
Iglesias alleges Domenici and Wilson pressured him to speed indictments to sway voters, a charge both deny.
The Hill is reporting that investigators with the Senate Ethics Committee returned to
In addition, a “sprawling inquiry” by the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General and the Office of Professional Responsibility is ongoing, The Hill reported. That probe is examining whether Justice officials lied to Congress, violated the Hatch Act, tampered with witnesses or took other inappropriate action, including whether they took improper political considerations into account when deciding who to fire.
At the center of it all is Iglesias, the most outspoken of the fired
A report on the OIG/OPR investigation’s findings could be released in the next three months. There’s no timeline on when or even if the congressional inquiries will lead to public hearings or reports. But, The Hill is reporting, the Senate committee also sent staffers to New Mexico twice last year to interview Iglesias’ wife, who overheard her husband’s end of the phone call with Domenici, and Allen Weh, the head of the state GOP, who met with Karl Rove to complain about Iglesias in 2005.
The Senate inquiry is apparently serious.
Iglesias’ allegations against