More GOP Corruption

Turn the page and another GOP politician is under investigation, charged with crimes or on the way to prison. This time the winner is Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM). You have read or heard about the politically motivated firings of US Attorneys around the country. One of the dismissed attorneys, David Iglesias, testified to the Senate Tuesday that Domenici made an improper contact with him concerning courthouse construction kickbacks just before the November 2006 elections. He was trying to aid the reelection bid of protege Rep. Heather Wilson (R), who had also called Iglesias about indictment of state Democratic officials in the case. The Senator has given three different accounts of the incident and now claims he cannot remember any such contact. Iglesias said that he got a "sick feeling" from the call and was "leaned on" by Domenici to speed up the prosecution. The Senator now faces a Senate Ethics Committee investigation of the matter. He has 'lawyered up' with former Representative Randy 'Duke' Cunningham's attorney.