Domenici called Gonzales on three occasions about a U.S. attorney Iglesias

[sabra]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17468898/

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Politically motivated?

New details emerged Monday as lawmakers prepared to grill federal prosecutors and Justice Department officials in two sets of hearings Tuesday examining whether the Bush administration's ouster of at least eight U.S. attorneys was politically motivated.

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On Monday, Justice officials confirmed portions of that account, saying Domenici had called Gonzales on three occasions - September 2005, as well as in January and April 2006 - to question whether Iglesias was "up to the job."

In the first week of October 2006, Domenici then made another "similar and very brief call" to deputy attorney general Paul McNulty about the U.S. attorney's performance, said Justice spokesman Brian Roehrkasse.

"During those calls, Senator Domenici - who initially recommended David Iglesias for the position - expressed general concerns about the performance of U.S. Attorney Iglesias and questioned whether he was 'up to the job,'" Roehrkasse said. "At no time in these calls did the senator mention the public corruption case."

[Lerkfish]

1. If you have to ask whether these are politically motivated, you're brain dead.

no offense to brain dead people.

[Hugin]

2. Is there ANYTHING these people have done which wasn't politically motivated?

:shrug:

[SpiralHawk]

3. No. They are republicons. You know what that means

corrpution and deviancy -- all the way.

[Hugin]

6. Blinded by ideology...

It's a sad situation.

[Skidmore]

4. So whose bright idea was this.

I smell Rove.

[malaise]

5. Was he part of Hookergate?

The sordid truth will out.