Iglesias: Information on My Firing “Is Going To Have To Be Forced Out Of The Administration.”David Iglesias, the former US attorney whose dismissal was deemed the “most troubling” in today’s IG report, says he still wants to see the full range of evidence about the White House’s possible role in the firing. That includes all relevant emails and notes from meetings — information the White House held back from the IG’s investigators.
“That’s the critical bit of information that we don’t have right now,” Iglesias told TPMmuckraker. He added: “I suspect that the information is going to have to be forced out of the administration.”
Still, the former U.S. attorney said he feels vindicated by the report’s conclusion that he was removed not because of managerial deficiencies but thanks to political pressure from the office of GOP senator Pete Domenici and New Mexico Republican activists. That conclusion “is consistent with what I’ve been saying all along,” he said.
Iglesias stressed that he was heartened by the Justice Department’s appointment of a prosecutor, Nora Dannehy, in the case. “I”m glad that DOJ is taking this seriously,” he said.