The Albuquerque Journal has an article out this morning with new details regarding the firing of New Mexico US Attorney David Iglesias.

Here's the short version. Iglesias was not on the DOJ's hitlist prior to the 2006 election. In October, Senator Domenici called Iglesias and asked if a local Democratic political official would be indicted before the election. Iglesias said no.

After the election, well, I'll let the article pick up the timeline: