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GOP Rep: It Wasn't Me

By Paul Kiel - February 28, 2007, 2:02PM

I've been putting out calls as fast as my fingers can dance, and we've already gotten a response from Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM).

"I can confirm to you that the congressman did not contact Mr. Iglesias about the courthouse investigation," Pearce spokesman David Host told me. As McClatchy reported, the case Iglesias was referring to in his interview involved a former Democratic state senator who "took money to ensure an $82 million courthouse contract would go to specific company."

I'll be providing updates as I receive more answers.

Comments (25)

Richard L. Adlof wrote on February 28, 2007 2:24 PM:

Please let there be video, audio & calendar notes contradicting his denial . . .

Crust wrote on February 28, 2007 2:38 PM:

This could be fun, like the secret hold search all over again.

ohiomeister wrote on February 28, 2007 2:42 PM:

Reps. Heather Wilson sure stood to gain, given her close race.

Her husband, Jay Hone, is an attorney in Albuquerque, so she should have known better.

Hone also appears to have won a $99,999 no-bid federal contract from FEMA in FY 2003. Any reporting on that out there?

http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?reptype=r&detail=-1&sortby=f&state=NM&datype=T&reptype=r&database=fpds&database=fpds&parent_id=280839&fiscal_year=2003&record_num=f500

ohiomeister wrote on February 28, 2007 2:50 PM:

"Iglesias and several other U.S. attorneys have been contacted by the House's Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law about possibly testifying before Congress on the firings. Iglesias said would only testify if he were subpoenaed."

The head of the Subcommittee is Linda Sanchez (D-CA).

http://judiciary.house.gov/committeestructure.aspx?committee=5

Ring her up and see if she will subpoena Iglesias and ask him to identify the House members.

http://judiciary.house.gov/CommitteeMember.aspx?id=39

joeinaz wrote on February 28, 2007 3:02 PM:

Steve Pearce has a history of intervening with Federal employees. He set up a meeting between the Adaptive Management Oversight Committee (AMOC) of the Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Program in NM/AZ and "concerned constituents" (read ranchers).

The AMOC Committee's own documentation of the meeting indicated that they modified their proposed changes to the release management program based on the "constituents'" concerns.

Legalize wrote on February 28, 2007 3:08 PM:

Good work; keep the pressure on the skunks.

Brooklynite wrote on February 28, 2007 3:29 PM:

Ahh, but did any member of his staff do it? From his office? That statement is not blanket enough in my opinion.

Legalize wrote on February 28, 2007 3:42 PM:

I would think that Tom Reynolds (R-NY) might be an interesting person to contact.

Al in Austex wrote on February 28, 2007 9:50 PM:

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This will all come out in due time . It will predictably lead back to the Neo Thug Hegemony,and we will all be elated by the return of honest government.
This wil lead to Attorny General "Abu Gharib" Gonzales impeachment- he has lied in sworn testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee- "that the USA firing were routine personal matters" The rest of the BushCo gang will also be impeached & convicted.-Including "Darth "Cheney ,,
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