My U.S. News colleague Emma Schwartz interviewed David Iglesias, the former U.S. attorney for the District of New Mexico, who was fired for political reasons in 2006.
Iglesias makes a couple of interesting comments, including noting this unintended consequence:
There was a sense at first that maybe it was going to make it less likely for U.S. attorneys to take more controversial cases, public corruption cases. It's had the opposite effect. You've got U.S. attorneys that are really independent in a way they haven't been in years.
Small blessings, eh?
Also in terms of voter fraud:
In terms of the voter fraud, no. I was really looking to prosecute a good voter fraud case. I thought it existed. We looked hard. But you can't make up evidence. Nor can you ethically file a case that you don't think you can prove beyond a reasonable doubt. So I wouldn't change that.
The whole interview is interesting. Click here to read it.
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