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U.S. Attorney Firing: Rove's Fingerprints Now in New Mexico

By Jeralyn, Section Other Politics
Posted on Sun Mar 11, 2007 at 10:59:47 AM EST
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McClatchy newspapers reports today:

Presidential advisor Karl Rove and at least one other member of the White House political team were urged by the New Mexico Republican party chairman to fire the state's U.S. attorney because of dissatisfaction in part with his failure to indict Democrats in a voter fraud investigation in the battleground election state.

In an interview Saturday with McClatchy Newspapers, Allen Weh, the party chairman, said he complained in 2005 about then-U.S. Attorney David Iglesias to a White House liaison who worked for Rove and asked that he be removed. Weh said he followed up with Rove personally in late 2006 during a visit to the White House.

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"Is anything ever going to happen to that guy?" Weh said he asked Rove at a White House holiday event that month. "He's gone," Rove said, according to Weh.

Rove also reportedly played a role in the firing of Arkansas U.S. Attorney Bud Cummins. Rove's friend and former aide, Tim Griffin, was appointed to replace him but has since refused the permanent position due to the controversy.

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    U.S. Attorney Firing: Rove's Fingerprints Now in New Mexico | 6 comments (6 topical)

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    IANAL (none / 0) (#1)
    by Che's Lounge on Sun Mar 11, 2007 at 11:47:36 AM EST
    but this just stinks. Members of the executive branch dictating, through the AG, the operations of the Judicial branch. I guess this is the best place to hang out to see if any laws have been broken.

    Maybe this is just more payback for re electing these MF's in '04. I hope I'm wrong, but they'll probably get away with this too.

    Uh. . . (none / 0) (#3)
    by LarryInNYC on Sun Mar 11, 2007 at 12:13:17 PM EST
    The US Attorneys are part of the Executive branch, not the Judiciary.

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    Hmmmm (none / 0) (#2)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sun Mar 11, 2007 at 12:11:50 PM EST
    Uh, the DOJ is part of the Executive...

    Now the SC is something else..

    And why do you think Clinton fired all this Repub DOJ's when he took office?

    Because he wanted to be sure they would do what he wanted, and not do what he didn't want.

    Good grief.

    Don't play dumb, Jim (none / 0) (#4)
    by Dadler on Sun Mar 11, 2007 at 12:25:37 PM EST
    An incoming president installing his crop of attornies is standard and accepted.  Firing attornies for not jamming through blindly partisan prosecutions is not standard and not accepted and not something you'd accept if the shoe were on the other foot.  

    Or are you going to claim that if a democratic president fired a cabinet member because that cabinet member was acting too ethically that you'd just whistle and think it nothing big?

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    Another abuse of power (none / 0) (#5)
    by Electa on Sun Mar 11, 2007 at 05:52:30 PM EST
    by the Bush & Rovites.  I don't see the comparison of Clinton's dismissing attorneys to these firings.  If Clinton fired prosecutors at the onset of his Presidency and not 6 yrs. into it then it's an administration change.  These inquiries were done during a political season which could have directly had an impact on the outcome of an election.  To me that's unethical.  

    Thank you for the clarification. (none / 0) (#6)
    by Che's Lounge on Sun Mar 11, 2007 at 10:58:17 PM EST


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