The U.S. House Judiciary Committee today released transcripts of its interviews with Karl Rove and Harriet Miers and other documents related to the firings of several U.S. attorneys, including New Mexico’s David Iglesias, in 2006.
It’s been known for some time that Rove was involved in the chain of events that preceded Iglesias’ firing. But I’m told that the transcripts, which add up to some 700 pages, in addition to more than 5,400 pages of other Bush administration documents released today, include information about the firing of Iglesias that has never before been revealed publicly.
According to a news release, one of the most interesting points is that former White House staffer Scott Jennings, in an e-mail sent weeks before Iglesias was fired, complained to Rove that Iglesias had been “shy about doing his job on Madrid.”
You may recall that former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici and former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, both Republicans, called Iglesias in October 2006 to discuss an ongoing criminal investigation involving Democrats weeks before the November 2006 election, in which Wilson was facing a tough re-election battle against Democrat Patricia Madrid that she ended up narrowly winning. Iglesias alleges that Domenici and Wilson pressured him to speed indictments to sway voters, a charge both deny.
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