{"id":1610,"date":"2007-04-19T11:39:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-19T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/04\/gonzales-says-iglesias-should-have-reported-calls\/"},"modified":"2007-04-19T11:39:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-19T17:39:00","slug":"gonzales-says-iglesias-should-have-reported-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/04\/gonzales-says-iglesias-should-have-reported-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"Gonzales says Iglesias should have reported calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/RiepiT3FSoI\/AAAAAAAACD4\/ObZFxhRsuSI\/s1600-h\/Gonzales,+Alberto.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/RiepiT3FSoI\/AAAAAAAACD4\/ObZFxhRsuSI\/s200\/Gonzales,+Alberto.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055195513658624642\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>In further testimony today, U.S. Attorney General <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usdoj.gov\/ag\/aggonzalesbio.html\" target=\"_blank\">Alberto Gonzales<\/a> discussed the allegation that former U.S. Attorney <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Iglesias_%28attorney%29\" target=\"_blank\">David Iglesias<\/a> of <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> was fired because he refused pressure from two members of Congress to speed indictments in a public corruption probe in time to sway voters in the November 2006 election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Gonzales noted that, had his office known about the phone calls Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/domenici.senate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pete Domenici<\/a> and Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/wilson.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heather Wilson<\/a>, R-N.M., placed to Iglesias in October 2006, his office might have handled differently the decisions on whether and how to fire Iglesias.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Riepij3FSpI\/AAAAAAAACEA\/iR0iVAXO-9A\/s1600-h\/Iglesias,+David.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Riepij3FSpI\/AAAAAAAACEA\/iR0iVAXO-9A\/s200\/Iglesias,+David.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055195517953591954\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>But his office didn\u2019t know about the phone calls, Gonzales said, because Iglesias didn\u2019t tell anyone. Iglesias has admitted violating a department policy that required the reporting of such contact from members of Congress to his supervisors. Iglesias said under oath several weeks ago that he didn\u2019t report the calls because, at the time, he considered <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Wilson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> a friend and Domenici a mentor and was protecting them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cHe intentionally violated a policy meant to protect him,\u201d Gonzales said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">He added that Iglesias\u2019 choice to not report the phone calls only supports the decision to fire him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In further testimony today, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales discussed the allegation that former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias of New Mexico was fired because he refused pressure from two members of Congress to speed indictments in a public corruption probe in time to sway voters in the November 2006 election. Gonzales noted that, had his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}