Sen. Domenici hires law firm over US Attorney flap
Thursday, March 8, 2007
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Facing an ethics inquiry for his role in the widening controversy over the firing of several U.S. Attorneys, Sen. Pete Domenici (R-New Mexico) has hired the same law firm that represented convicted former congressman Duke Cunningham (R-California).
Domenici, who may or may not seek re-election in 2008, acknowledges that he called David Iglesias, the former U.S. Attorney in New Mexico, to ask about a potential probe against state Democrats. He denies doing anything wrong but Iglesias told a Senate committee that he felt pressured to bring indictments right before the November elections, in which Republicans lost control of Congress after Democrats made corruption a campaign issue.
The Senate ethics panel has started a preliminary inquiry into Domenci. The House could do the same for Rep. Heather Wilson (R-New Mexico), who barely won re-election over the state's former attorney general in November.
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