WP, pg1: Second Lawmaker, Rep. Heather Wilson (R., NM), Contacted Prosecutor (fired by DOJ)

[DeepModem Mom]

Second Lawmaker Contacted Prosecutor
Wilson Complained About Pace of Probes
By Paul Kane and Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, March 6, 2007; Page A01

Rep. Heather A. Wilson (R-N.M.) acknowledged yesterday that she contacted a federal prosecutor to complain about the pace of his public corruption investigations, as the Senate ethics committee signaled that it had opened a preliminary inquiry into a similar communication by her state's senior senator, Pete V. Domenici (R).

Wilson denied allegations from former New Mexico U.S. Attorney David C. Iglesias that she pressured him to speed up a political corruption investigation involving Democrats in the waning days of her tight election campaign last fall.

"I did not ask about the timing of any indictments and I did not tell Mr. Iglesias what course of action I thought he should take or pressure him in any way," Wilson said in a statement to The Washington Post. "The conversation was brief and professional."

Iglesias, one of seven U.S. attorneys fired by the Justice Department on Dec. 7, is expected to tell Congress today that Wilson and Domenici were trying to sway the course of his investigation. Domenici acknowledged Sunday that he called Iglesias about the corruption case but said he did not pressure him. The telephone calls to Iglesias by Domenici and Wilson appear to put them in conflict with congressional ethics rules that bar contacts with federal agency officials during most active investigations.

The furor over Domenici and Wilson has rapidly become the focus of the dispute over the firings of eight U.S. attorneys and a change in law that allows Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales to appoint interim prosecutors for an indefinite period of time. The Justice Department has said that seven of the prosecutors were dismissed for failing to follow Bush administration policy on multiple issues, and acknowledged that one was sacked to make way for an ally of White House political adviser Karl Rove.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/05/AR2007030501241.html?nav=hcmodule

[rodeodance]

1. ho ho-----Wilson is the limelight!!

[rodeodance]

2. and on page 1 of WPost-bet she is FUMMING

[stevedeshazer]

3. "The conversation was brief and professional."

And 100% illegal.

[ShockediSay]

4. the law is supposed to be impartially judged and enforced

first the Federal Courts, now the Federal Prosecutors, are turning into political hacks by this administration

[maddezmom]

5. Editorial: Iglesias Affair reveals uglier side of politics

Well, now we know.

U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, one half of New Mexico's Silent Twosome, has acknowledged he made a call to then-U.S. Attorney David Iglesias, asking about the status of a pending corruption scandal amid the backdrop of a highly contested congressional race.

It's about time, Senator.

Regardless of what Domenici said in his phone call to Iglesias - and we're likely to hear a lot about that as Congress looks into why several U.S. attorneys were deposed late last year - the reality of that phone call, and perhaps one more, says a lot about politics in New Mexico.

Albuquerque Republicans Domenici and U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, now ducking alone behind the crumbling parapet of silence, no longer can wag their fingers at Democrats, clucking their tongues at the way powerful politicians do their jobs.

No, no, no. The Iglesias Affair shows that Republicans aren't above making, ahem, inquiries into politically charged matters that can swing votes.

more:http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/mar/05/editorial-iglesias-affair-reveals-uglier-side-poli/

[DeepModem Mom]

10. Thanks for adding this local view, maddezmom! nt

[Hieronymus]

6. My God, Heather is butch.

[Uben]

7. There's nothing to it

Did you hear Anna Nicole Smith died?

/sarcasm

[VP505]

8. Considering that

Wilson is proved to be a prevaricator: "MISPERCEIVED" ya, that's it, that's what it was, the call was "MISPERCEIVED".

:yoiks:

[Pab Sungenis]

9. Grounds for expulsion.

Wilson and Domenici should both lose their seats over this.

[IWantAChange]

11. Amazing what a little oversight can do for Democracy.

I just wish the MSM would point out that oversight hearings were suspended after the Republican Revolution in '94 and it took the Nov '06 election of a DEMOCRAT MAJORITY to reinstate them in 2007.

[TygrBright]

12. heh. 'bout time that skanky stick insect got a little light shone on her....

....now watch her scuttle about frantically, trying to find booshie-wooshie's skirts to hide under.

dismissively,
Bright

[loser_user]

13. Not crying about Iglesias either...

While I'm quite happy that Wilson and Domenici have finally
been kicked off there high horses, I have to be honest I'm not
shedding any tears over Iglesias' firing...

[HCE SuiGeneris]

15. odd font...

now where have I seen that before...

[Morgana LaFey]

14. IMPT - C-SPAN Identified her as a Democrat -- FIXED NOW

N o need to call.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=350320&mesg_id=350320

C-SPAN's "Capital news" labels Rep. Heather Wilson, a "D"

Edited on Tue Mar-06-07 12:20 PM by DemKR
http://www.capitalnews.org /

Rep. Wilson (D-NM) Says She Contacted Fired U.S. Attorney

Roll eyes....

C-SPAN: [phone]

[lies and propaganda]

16. i ABHOR her! Lets get her!

Im in a Fitzing mood!