Posted on 01/09/2009 8:29:40 PM PST by george76
Governor Bill Richardson says it's all a matter of timing -- that if only the feds had wrapped up a corruption investigation into his New Mexico Administration by now, he'd be cleared and would be winging his way to Washington confident of Senate confirmation as the next Commerce Secretary. Instead, he withdrew his nomination earlier this week.
And maybe he's right about timing. But we'd dial the clock back not to August, as the national media have in clucking that Barack Obama has a sloppy vetting process. Rather, go back to December 7, 2006. That's the day the Bush Justice Department dismissed U.S. Attorney David Iglesias of New Mexico. His dismissal, along with that of six other U.S. Attorneys, set the stage for a political firestorm when Democrats claimed the firings were proof that the Bush Administration was "politicizing justice."
Mr. Iglesias put himself at the center of that storm by claiming he was fired because he hadn't pursued voter fraud cases vigorously enough.
After Mr. Iglesias's departure, the U.S. Attorney's office issued indictments in and won two major corruption cases, and the new U.S. Attorney in New Mexico, Greg Fouratt, has picked up the pace. The investigation that derailed Mr. Richardson involves political donations from David Rubin and his Beverly Hills-based company, CDR Financial Products Inc., in 2003 and 2004 that total $100,000. Those donations were given to campaigns Mr. Richardson ran that registered Hispanic and Native American voters, among other things. And they came at about the same time that CDR won a lucrative contract from New Mexico.
All of this looks like vindication of the decision to nudge Mr. Iglesias out the door.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
The wheels of Justice move way to slow.
PING! to the NM list
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perhaps they should move more quickly like in the Soviet Union...only have a trial after you have been found guilty...all the accused need do is sign the prepared confession...justice is swift...
This is pretty dam interesting
He would NEVER have been confirmed because of his record in Clinton's administration. Senator Byrd spoke with great anger to Richardson and told him he would NEVER be confirmed as long as he was in the Senate. The mess at Los Alamos Labs was Richardson's screw up. I think he withdrew his name because he didn't want to be embarrassed in confirmation hearings, and judging from Byrd's anger, it would have been a difficult time for Richardson.
So the investigation of BR was a blessing in disguise since senile Senator Byrd would have resisted? I don’t think so, the Messiah will get whomever he desires with this Senate fullo RATS.
Doesn’t matter, David Iglesias will always be the weepy, whiny, victim... just like Valerie Plame.
They both disgust me.
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