TPMMuckraker Immigration: November 2009
Alberto Gonzales
Iglesias: Evidence Of Politicization By Arizona Sheriff "Felt Very Familiar"
Zachary Roth | November 2, 2009, 2:37PM
Fmr. US Attorney (NM) David Iglesias
David Iglesias is comparing Sheriff Joe Arpaio's alleged targeting of political foes to the notorious Rove-Gonzales politicization of DOJ, which led to Iglesias's own improper firing.
The evidence against the Arizona sheriff was "very similar to what was going on at the Department of Justice under the Bush administration," Iglesias said in an interview with TPMmuckraker. "It unfortunately felt very familiar."
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (7) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (7)Topics: Alberto Gonzales, David Iglesias, Immigration, Joe Arpaio, Justice Department, Karl Rove, U.S. Attorneys
Joe Arpaio
Report: FBI Probing Controversial Arizona Sheriff For "Investigating" Political Foes
Zachary Roth | November 2, 2009, 1:12PM
Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the hard-line anti-immigration Arizona sheriff, is being probed by the FBI for allegedly using his authority to retaliate against political adversaries, sources tell a local TV station. One of the key cases cited by Phoenix-based KPHO is one we told you about recently, in which a husband-and-wife team of big-name Washington GOP lawyers was briefly recruited to try to build a case against a local official who had clashed with Arpaio.
In response to the KPHO report, Arpaio bizarrely lashed out at ... David Iglesias, the former U.S. attorney who had dared offer an expert opinion to the station.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (26) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (8)Topics: David Iglesias, Don Stapley, FBI, Immigration, Joe Arpaio, Joseph diGenova, Justice Department, U.S. Attorneys, Victoria Toensing
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