From Raw Story:
New documents turned over to Congressional investigators Wednesday show that a White House official echoed a message from the office of Senator Pete Domenici to the Justice Department seeking the installation of a new 'team' in New Mexico's US Attorneys office.
"[Steve Bell, Chief of Staff to Senator Pete Domenici] mentioned he had chatted with you today about his request for a non-partisan team that specializes in corruption to be sent down to New Mexico," wrote Andrea Becker Looney, then the Special Assistant to the President in the White House Office of Legislative Affairs, in a Dec. 21, 2006 e-mail to William Moschella, a top Justice Department official.
Domenici is currently under investigation by a Senate ethics watchdog for appearing to interfere with a public corruption investigation that David Iglesias, former US Attorney to New Mexico, was engaged in last Fall. Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM) also contacted Iglesias, but no ethics charges have been brought against her in the House.
New documents turned over to Congressional investigators Wednesday show that a White House official echoed a message from the office of Senator Pete Domenici to the Justice Department seeking the installation of a new 'team' in New Mexico's US Attorneys office.
"[Steve Bell, Chief of Staff to Senator Pete Domenici] mentioned he had chatted with you today about his request for a non-partisan team that specializes in corruption to be sent down to New Mexico," wrote Andrea Becker Looney, then the Special Assistant to the President in the White House Office of Legislative Affairs, in a Dec. 21, 2006 e-mail to William Moschella, a top Justice Department official.
Domenici is currently under investigation by a Senate ethics watchdog for appearing to interfere with a public corruption investigation that David Iglesias, former US Attorney to New Mexico, was engaged in last Fall. Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM) also contacted Iglesias, but no ethics charges have been brought against her in the House.
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