[From the diaries -- Hunter]

Hmmmm...just hours before fired NM U.S. attorney David C. Iglesias is expected to testify under oath, Rep. Heather Wilson acknowledged that like Senator Domenici, she too called Iglesias:

Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) acknowledged today 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 the state's senior senator, Pete V. Domenici (R).

Tomorrow's hearings should get quite interesting:

Iglesias, one of seven U.S. attorneys fired by the Justice Department on Dec. 7, is expected to testify to Congress tomorrow that Wilson and Domenici were indeed trying to sway the course of his investigation.

And there's this little tidbit:

The lawmakers' telephone calls to Iglesias appear to put them in conflict with congressional ethics rules, which forbid such contacts to federal agency officials regarding "quasi-judiciary" investigations.

And finally:

Wilson said in her statement that many of her constituents had complained about "the slow pace of federal prosecutions" in corruption cases and said she was told by one unidentified constituent that "Iglesias was intentionally delaying corruption investigations." Wilson also said she was trying to help Iglesias: "If the purpose of my call has somehow been misperceived, I am sorry for any confusion. I thought it was important for Mr. Iglesias to receive this information and, if necessary, have the opportunity to clear his name."

Awww, isn't that sweet. She was trying to HELP Iglesias. Good Lord these people have zero morals.

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