Our Favorite Attorney General Back in the News

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Investigators probing the firing of nine U.S. attorneys concluded that top Justice Department officials "abdicated their responsibility" by failing to supervise subordinates who carried out the botched plan, according to a long-awaited report released today.

At their urging, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey selected a veteran federal prosecutor to continue the inquiry, focusing on whether department officials, including former attorney general Alberto R. Gonzales, misled Congress after the firings came to light last year.

The investigation uncovered "significant evidence" that partisan political factors played a role in some of the 2006 dismissals. Particularly "troubling," according to the report, was the sacking of New Mexico U.S. Attorney David C. Iglesias after several Republican elected officials complained about voter fraud and public corruption cases he pursued. That episode raises the possibility that obstruction of justice and wire fraud laws were violated.

washingtonpost.com

 

[Silence]

so the Bush Administration fired a federal prosecutor who was looking into voter fraud? wow..

 

[HoleInTheVoid]

Was there voter fraud?

 

[Larkinn]

Was there voter fraud?

Who knows, it was allegedly done by Republicans so nobody was allowed to investigate.

 

[Alpha1]

so the Bush Administration fired a federal prosecutor who was looking into voter fraud? wow..

Yeah...Wow

Among the most closely watched of the cases is the one involving former New Mexico U.S. attorney Iglesias, who says he received troubling phone calls from GOP Sen. Pete V. Domenici and Republican Rep. Heather A. Wilson about the status of a criminal corruption probe against a prominent local Democrat shortly before the 2006 elections.