Documents detail N.M. firing
U.S. attorney dismissal followed Rove-Miers communication
Posted: August 12, 2009 at 6 a.m.
Former U.S. Attorneys, from left, David Iglesias, Daniel Bogden and Paul Charlton, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 6, 2007 before a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing.
U.S. Attorney David Iglesias' December 2006 dismissal followed extensive communication among lawyers and White House aides about his work on public corruption cases against Democrats, according to newly released e-mails and transcripts of private House testimony by former Bush counsel Harriet Miers and political chief Karl Rove.
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