Fired U.S. Attorney (Iglesias): "I Was Working for the Sith Lords"

[Hissyspit]

Source: Raw Story

Fired US Attorney: ‘I was working for the Sith Lords’
By David Edwards and Muriel Kane | Uncategorized | Tuesday, 17 June 2008

David Iglesias, who was one of seven United States Attorneys fired by the Department of Justice for political reasons in December 2006, described his experiences to Jon Stewart on Monday’s Daily Show. “They wanted us to file politically oriented prosecutions instead of just doing what our normal job is, which is enforce Federal law,” Iglesias stated, explaining that Justice Department higher-ups asked the US Attorneys “to file voter fraud prosecutions when the evidence wasn’t there beyond a reasonable doubt. It wasn’t just me. It was a guy in Missouri and it was a guy in Seattle, Washington.”

“What about the other 86 US Attorneys?” Stewart asked. “Are they doing those cases?” “I want to give my colleagues the benefit of the doubt, with a couple of exceptions,” Igelsias replied cautiously. He mentioned former interim US Attorney Bradley Schlozman, who “could end up getting indicted” because “he rushed some voter fraud — ‘voter fraud’ — right before the election. … We can’t do that.”

“Talk about this other,” prompted Stewart. “There’s a case in Alabama, with the former governor of Alabama, Siegelman, who’s a Democrat, who was thrown in jail on charges brought up by the US Attorney’s office and then just let go.” “Which is incredibly rare,” commented Iglesias. “Courts of appeal almost never release somebody while they’re serving time. … The court of appeals over in Alabama let Siegelman out — which tells me, really weak evidence.”

Iglesias then suggested it might be possible to go after the Justice Department officials who were ultimately responsible by “using the model we used against the Mob in the 60’s. You find a small fish, you threaten prosecution, you roll them, they give up the bigger fish.”

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[BootinUp]

1. I'll hook 'em, you skin 'em and fry 'em. nt

[Larkspur]

2. If we don't impeach Bush, can he give a blanket pardon to all his cronies?

[superconnected]

3. I hope this ends up being the most corrupt administration in my life time and not

an example for things to come.

I also still hold hope all involved in illegal behavior will see prison time, and Bush and Cheney will be tried for war crimes and for 911.

[Indenturedebtor]

4. Naw they're just going to throw a tea party and talk to them about it

privately and not under oath.

Then they can all have a good belly laugh at the expense of us proles.

[yardwork]

5. It used to be considered paranoid to think that the U.S. government is out to get us.

It shows what's happened to this country when what used to sound like the delusional ravings of a paranoid are now statements of fact.

[Ian David]

6. OMFG! He actually said it!

Stewart ended by asking Igleaias, “Is the greatest disappointment for you that you were a guy who believed in what they were doing? … Do you feel betrayed in that sense?”

“I thought I was working with the Jedi Knights and I was working for the Sith Lords,” Iglesias acknowledged, as the audience broke into applause.

“For the audience for this show, you could not have used a better example,” Stewart concluded. “I will see you at Comic-Con 2009.”

More:
http://rawstory.com/news08/2008/06/17/fired-us-attorney-i-was-working-for-the-sith-lords/

[progressoid]

7. Video is up on TDS website

http://www.thedailyshow.com/

[L. Coyote]

8. Starring Dick Cheney as Darth Invader, GW Bush as the Evil Force, and

The DEM candidates as the Jedi knights.

[pacalo]

9. "Sorry you were violated, but we've got an election coming up & we want to focus on the future."

"The best we can do to find out what happened to you is to give Rove an interview behind closed doors. Is that satisfactory enough? Good luck in reclaiming your career status."

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

10. Saw that last night

Loved the line, and had to pick up my jaw when he said it!

[elehhhhna]

11. It's RICO time, let's roll! Thank you Mr. Iglesias, you're a patriot AND

a dammned good atttorney...& did I mention BRAVE?