Stephanie Villafuerte, Former Ritter Aid Tapped By Obama Administration, Implicated In 2006 Immigrant Scandal: Denver Post

The Denver Post:

President Barack Obama's nominee as Colorado's next U.S. attorney told the FBI two years ago that she never spoke to anyone in the Denver District Attorney's Office about an illegal immigrant who became a controversial figure in the 2006 gubernatorial race.

FBI interview summaries describe Stephanie Villafuerte as saying she had "no conversations" with anyone at the DA's office about the illegal immigrant, Carlos Estrada-Medina.

But the FBI apparently never asked Villafuerte, the former chief deputy DA who was then working for Bill Ritter's campaign, why she left a phone message for DA spokeswoman Lynn Kimbrough that Kimbrough noted was about Estrada-Medina. The FBI also apparently never asked her about the nature of a series of phone calls she exchanged over the next two days with Kimbrough and First Assistant DA Chuck Lepley. Those calls came both before and after an order by Lepley to a subordinate to run a criminal history check of Estrada-Medina in a restricted federal database.

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Comments

[csmithks]

03:04 PM on 11/02/2009

oh, yeah,

The Denver attorneys also have a memo the same day.

to the effect of:

Villafuerte Called Re: Carlos the Criminal


but I haven't seen the memo

[csmithks]

03:01 PM on 11/02/2009

it is a complicated issue summed up badly.

Accusation:
Gov. Ritter 2006 being accused in a campaign ad of doing something with Carlos the criminal. Not sure what Ritter did for Carlos.

Villafuerte used her position to call Denver's attorney and track down Carlos the criminal's past deeds to help her boss Ritter, refute the charges.

Ritter called the thought of someone doing that outrageous OUTRAGEOUS!

Villafuerte presumably told the FBI, she didn't do that.

Denver attorneys say, oh yeah, I talk to her 4 times that day. The same day I sent my employee to check those past miss deeds that Ritter was trying to distance himself from.

What a coincidence.

Now Ritter sent her up to U.S. Attorney
Obama sent her to the Senate for confirmation
Senior Sen. Udall (CO) ain't say'in Noth'n

Can't have a U.S. Attorney that lied to the FBI...

[HowdyDoody]

12:09 PM on 10/24/2009

If anyone is able to complete this article and can understand it, will you please let me know??