New Mexico in Focus; 1032; David Iglesias, Former U.S. Attorney

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WYOMING. MAJOR FUNDING FOR IN FOCUS IS HEALTH, EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT AND SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THE CITIZENS OF NEW MEXICO. >> HE'S AT THE CENTER OF THE ATTORNEYS RELEASED BY THE WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE. WHAT KIND OF JOB HE THINKS HE U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO ♪♪ >> WHAT A DIFFERENCE A FEW

OF HIS APPOINTMENT AS U.S. HIM, ALONG WITH SEVEN OTHER RESULT OF HIS UNWILLINGNESS TO HIS CRITICS SAY HE WAS AN IGLESIAS' ALLEGATIONS HAVE ALL THE WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE. HAS CHANGED HIS LIFE AND CAREER DAVID, THANK YOU FOR BEING >> HELLO. NICE TO SEE YOU >> WHAT'S THE BIGGEST >> WELL, I HAVE A LOT OF I HAD TO CLEAR EVERYTHING. FREEDOM, TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DOJ REG OR POLICY. >> YOU'RE ALSO THE FATHER OF A

>> FORTUNATELY, WE WERE ABLE THERE'S STILL BALLET CLASS, >> TELL US ABOUT THE THOUGHT REPRESENTATIVE HEATHER WILSON MESSAGE. >> RIGHT, RIGHT. LATE OCTOBER. THAT'S WHEN I GOT PUT ON THE THE 7TH, UNLIKE SOME OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES. POLITICAL REASONS, NOT PERFORMANCE REASONS. WAS EXPECTED TO RESIGN. HAPPEN?"

WASHINGTON, D.C., FOR THAT THAT I WAS ADVISED OF, SO I THOUGHT IF IT'S NOT MISCONDUCT, THE ONLY POSSIBLE AND I THOUGHT BACK TO THOSE PHONE CALLS, AND I JUST PUT TWO TO GO AWAY QUIETLY, UNTIL EARLY FEBRUARY, WHICH IS WHEN DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL PAUL MCNULTY TESTIFIED IN FRONT OF THE THAT WAS IT. OUR SUBPOENAS SHORTLY IN FRONT OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE. >> YOU MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT WHY WAS THAT?

>> YES, BECAUSE I REALIZED IT 28TH. 1ST. THERE WERE SOME DISTURBING PARALLELS, IN TERMS OF THEIR INDICT VOTER FRAUD CASES. NATIONAL STORY. ON THE LAST DAY OF FEBRUARY, MCCLATCHY GROUP, IN WHICH I OF CONGRESS, BEING PETE SO THAT WAS A CONCERTED EFFORT MEDIA. >> WHY HAVE YOU BEEN THE MOST >> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THEY'RE BUSY DOING OTHER

VOCAL, CUMMINS FROM ARKANSAS I KNEW I'D DONE A GOOD JOB BY DOJ'S OWN METRICS, BY THEIR OWN EVALUATIONS, AND FOR THE NUMBER DEPARTMENT TO SLANDER ME AND MY YOU COULD FIRE ME, BUT YOU >> ARE YOU SORT OF SPEAKING >> GENERALLY, I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, BUT I DO KNOW IN THIS ATTORNEYS FEEL THE SAME WAY. >> UH-HUH. >> RIGHT. >> BUT IN A RECENT INTERVIEW SENATOR DOMENICI CALLED YOU TO INTERFERE WITH THE COURTHOUSE CASE. DOESN'T THAT CONTRADICT YOUR >> NO, NO, BECAUSE MY TOWARDS CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A VIOLATION. BUT NO, I DON'T CONSIDER THAT >> SHOULD HEATHER WILSON ALSO >> WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANOTHER HOUSE MEMBER HAS TO BRING THE ETHICS CHARGES. THERE'S BEEN AN UNEASY TRUCE ALSO VERY INAPPROPRIATE. >> YOUR DAYS AS A PROSECUTOR >> RIGHT. >> YOU WERE AT ONE TIME A YOU AS WELL. >> SURE, YES. >> HOW COME? >> BECAUSE THE AMERICAN ATTORNEYS CANNOT FACTOR INTO THE CALLS THAT MCKAY RECEIVED FROM MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OR THEIR STAFF WERE WRONG.

THEY WERE PROBABLY UNETHICAL. AND AGAIN, WHETHER OR NOT THEY SYSTEM HAS BEEN CALLED INTO QUESTION. IT'S TOO IMPORTANT TO JUST >> YOUR OWN ETHICS HAVE BEEN YOU ARE REQUIRED UNDER JUSTICE >> RIGHT. >> -- TO YOUR BOSSES. >> I'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH ON ATTORNEY MANUAL REQUIREMENT TO NOT DO THAT, AND I'VE TESTIFIED DUTY TO PETE DOMENICI AS A HAD TO SPEAK OUT, SO I DID.

I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE SPOKEN PAUL CHARLTON REPORTED HIS ANYWAY. >> THE TIMING OF THE PHONE STATUS OF CASES? >> THERE'S A RIGHT WAY TO DO SEND A LETTER, IN WHICH THEY I RECEIVED LOTS OF THOSE NO PROBLEM THERE. ONE, AND THEY WERE ASKING FOR THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS TRYING IT'S PROBABLY UNETHICAL. >> HAD YOU EVER RECEIVED CALLS >> ABOUT A PENDING CASE OR

NOTHING INAPPROPRIATE ABOUT >> WHAT WE NOW KNOW, AS THE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN NEW MEXICO AND MEMBERS OF THE FOCUSING ON WHAT THEY SAW AS FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS. >> RIGHT. >> TELL US YOUR SIDE OF THAT. >> SURE. AND I SET UP A TASK FORCE OFFICE, THE COUNTY CLERK, THE POLICE. TWO-MONTH PERIOD FROM WE RECEIVED A LITTLE OVER 100 DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A STATE HAD ONLY ONE CASE THAT HAD ANY

CRIME BEYOND A REASONABLE PROSECUTE. DON'T THINK I HAVE THE EVIDENCE TO PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE >> BOTH PARTIES CLAIM THERE'S THE VOTING SYSTEM WORKS, REPUBLICANS BELIEVE THERE'S HOW MUCH OF EITHER SIDE IS TRUE ON THAT? >> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THAT WASN'T MY CONCERN. JURISDICTION. AND I'VE WANTED TO PROSECUTE VOTER FRAUD CASES BECAUSE IT BUT AGAIN, I COULD NOT REASONABLE DOUBT.

>> DID THE TASK FORCE EVER >> I DON'T THINK WE ISSUED A TASK FORCE DOWN IN MID-NOVEMBER TAKING ANY MORE REFERRALS. A WRITTEN REPORT. >> OF THE CASES YOU SAW THAT WAS IT AN EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE VOTING FRAUDULENTLY OR PEOPLE REGISTERING UNLAWFULLY? >> IT WAS A REGISTRATION BUT MY BURDEN AND THE STICKY TO A FEDERAL JURY HERE IN NEW MEXICO THAT THIS PERSON DID IT DEVELOPED, AFTER I LOOKED AT PERSON WAS DOING IT TO EARN SO HAD WE TRIED THAT CASE, MY BEEN DISMISSED BEFORE WE EVEN >> BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF

YOU HAVE WITH HIM AS U.S. >> FINE. I DON'T BELIEVE HE MADE ONE OFFICER, MCSHANE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO NEVER BEEN A PROSECUTOR, HE'S THINK, REALLY QUESTIONS -- JOB. >> TWO OF YOUR OTHER CRITICS HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH THEM? >> I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO MICKY DOESN'T DO PROSECUTIONS, SO I THE SAME THING FOR PAT ROGERS.

HAS NEVER BEEN A PROSECUTOR, POLITICAL APPOINTEE DOESN'T THAT WE GET OUR APPOINTMENTS POLITICS. HE SAID, "DAVID, YOU CANNOT >> WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN ABOUT YOU TO KARL ROVE? >> WELL, I WONDERED HOW IT GOT HAVE THAT KIND OF INFLUENCE MAYBE. WE'RE A SMALL STATE. HAD DONE THAT, I SAID FOR ONE STATEMENT THAT IN WASHINGTON,

D.C. YOUR FRIENDS STAB YOU IN THE FRONT BECAUSE -- THOSE GUYS BUT OVERALL, I WAS REALLY >> DO YOU THINK HE'S THE >> I THINK THAT'S PROBABLE. >> SO WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN TO >> WELL, WE NEED TO GET THE AS TO MY COLLEAGUES AND ME, THERE AREN'T MILLIONS, BUT RESIGNATIONS, AND I THINK >> SO SUBPOENA ROVE? >> YES. >> UH-HUH. UP, AND IT LOOKS LIKE AT LEAST >> I'VE NOT PUBLICLY CALLED ON DEPARTMENT, WHAT IS IN THE BEST

>> DO YOU THINK HE'LL GO? >> THAT'S AS FAR AS I'M GOING, KATE. >> TELL ME SOME OF THE IN LIGHT OF THIS SCANDAL. >> IN TERMS OF CAREER PEOPLE >> RIGHT. >> -- OR IN TERMS OF U.S. >> OR IN TERMS OF FILLING >> AS I UNDERSTAND IT -- AND SERVING U.S. ATTORNEYS, I'VE BOTTOM. HIGHEST LEVEL IS BEING CALLED WERE FORCED OUT FOR POLITICAL REGARDING FILLING IN THE TAMPA, FLORIDA, HUGE DISTRICT, I THINK THAT SAYS IT ALL.

>> WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE >> I THINK RIGHT NOW THERE'S PEOPLE HAVE LOST FAITH IN ITS HISTORICALLY, THE REPUBLICAN OUT OF POLITICS. INJECT PARTISAN POLITICS INTO >> GIVEN THAT U.S. ATTORNEYS ATTORNEYS LEAVE -- >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> -- FIRING IN THE MIDDLE OF NONPOLITICAL? >> WELL, BY DOING WHAT JOHN EVERY U.S. ATTORNEY, "STAY OUT ACTIVITIES BY APPOINTEES, VIGOROUSLY ENFORCED. I TALKED TO THE GUY WHO WROTE

THE BOOK ON U.S. ATTORNEYS IN NEVER BEEN ANY ANALOGOUS >> I THINK THERE'S BEEN CASES ADMINISTRATION, BUT FOR EIGHT EVERYONE. >> WHICH CALLS INTO QUESTION THAT WOULD HAVE HAD A REAL >> IF YOU HAD THE POWER WITHIN >> THAT'S GREAT QUESTION. OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED TOP LEADERS NEED TOP LEADERS THAT ARE TO SEEK JUSTICE AND NOT POLITICAL PARTISAN GAMES. >> WHAT LIMITATIONS DID YOU THERE FOR THE NEXT PERSON TO

>> WELL, I THINK RIGHT NOW LARRY GOMEZ, A CAREER GREAT JUDGMENT, GREAT AND HE WILL STAY COMPLETELY OUT -- I THINK HE'S GOING TO RETIRE NEXT PRESIDENT'S PROBLEM. >> WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEXT? >> GREAT QUESTION. ROUTE. I'M BEING CONSIDERED BY A OR DO I WANT TO BE MY OWN BOSS LECTURE CIRCUIT, MAYBE DO SOME THING. >> HOW SOON DO YOU HAVE TO >> SOMETIME THIS SUMMER. >> TELL ME SOME OF THE >> IT'S BEEN GREAT.

PEOPLE HAVE COME UP TO ME, COMPLETE STRANGERS AND HAVE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING THE >> WHERE WOULD YOU HAVE TAKEN YOUR CAREER HAD THIS NOT >> WELL, NOW, THAT'S A GOOD HAD THE SCANDAL NOT HIT, I THOSE ARE REALLY ABOUT THE >> THERE HAS BEEN SOME CHATTER >> NO, NO. IN EARLY '08 TO MIDDLE '08, ANYWAY. COLLEGE AT THE SAME TIME SOON, >> LOOKING BACK, WHAT WOULD >> I'M NOT SURE I WOULD HAVE

I MAY HAVE REPORTED THE PHONE CALLS EARLIER, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SPEAK OUT UNTIL MY -- LITERALLY MY LAST DAY IN OFFICE. CHARLTON. >> YOU'VE HAD QUITE -- NOT >> RIGHT. >> BORN, UPBRINGING IN GRANTS >> GALLUP. >> GALLUP, OKAY. YOU WERE A >> RIGHT. >> -- AND A PART OF THE STORY THAT BECAME THE TOM CRUISE CHARACTER IN "A FEW GOOD MEN." >> RIGHT. >> NOW THERE'S THIS SCANDAL. >> I HOPE MY LEGACY IS HE WRONG. BUT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE WORTH

WITH YOUR CONSCIENCE FOR SITTING ON NOT REPORTING BAD RIGHT THING, SPEAK OUT, AND >> WHAT IS YOUR CHILDREN'S REACTION TO ALL OF THIS? >> MY YOUNGER TWO DON'T REALLY REALLY ASK. CURRENT ON CURRENT EVENTS VERY MUCH, AND OCCASIONALLY THEY'LL THE OTHER. SOME POINT, BUT THIS IS NOT ANYTHING ON THE AMERICAN WAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. >> DO THEY WANT TO STAY IN NEW >> OH, YEAH. >> HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH >> NO. THE LAST TIME I TALKED

>> WOULD YOU WANT TO? >> NO. >> NOTHING TO SAY TO THEM? >> NOTHING TO SAY. >> THEY WERE COLLEAGUES AND >> THEY WERE. >> WHAT SENSE OF BETRAYAL DO >> THAT'S -- YOU KNOW, I DON'T THEY KNEW BETTER. ABOUT SEALED INDICTMENTS. THINK THAT'S HALO'S GONE NOW, OF PRIVILEGED INFORMATION. WANTED, AND I DIDN'T DO THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN WASHINGTON SO >> DO YOU THINK HE DESERVES TO >> THAT'S NOT MY CALL TO MAKE. I'LL TESTIFY.

>> YOU'VE SAID ALL ALONG THAT YOU WANT IS AN APOLOGY AND AN ISSUES. THING YOU WANT? >> ACTUALLY, I FEEL LIKE I'M HE TESTIFIED, AND BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RETRACTION. I STILL WANT A WRITTEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO ON TO I KNOW I'LL NEVER GET THAT. QUESTIONS THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF PRESIDENT AND THE ATTORNEY >> CLEARLY THIS ISN'T GOING THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE

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