Fired US Attorney: ‘I was working for the Sith Lords’

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Fired US Attorney: ‘I was working for the Sith Lords’
By David Edwards and Muriel Kane | Uncategorized | Tuesday, 17 June 2008
David Iglesias, who was one of seven United States Attorneys fired by the Department of Justice for political reasons in December 2006, described his experiences to Jon Stewart on Monday’s Daily Show.

“They wanted us to file politically oriented prosecutions instead of just doing what our normal job is, which is enforce Federal law,” Iglesias stated, explaining that Justice Department higher-ups asked the US Attorneys “to file voter fraud prosecutions when the evidence wasn’t there beyond a reasonable doubt. It wasn’t just me. It was a guy in Missouri and it was a guy in Seattle, Washington.”

What about the other 86 US Attorneys?” Stewart asked. “Are they doing those cases?”

“I want to give my colleagues the benefit of the doubt, with a couple of exceptions,” Igelsias replied cautiously. He mentioned former interim US Attorney Bradley Schlozman, who “could end up getting indicted” because “he rushed some voter fraud — ‘voter fraud’ — right before the election. … We can’t do that.”

“Talk about this other,” prompted Stewart. “There’s a case in Alabama, with the former governor of Alabama, Siegelman, who’s a Democrat, who was thrown in jail on charges brought up by the US Attorney’s office and then just let go.”

“Which is incredibly rare,” commented Iglesias. “Courts of appeal almost never release somebody while they’re serving time. … The court of appeals over in Alabama let Siegelman out — which tells me, really weak evidence.”

Iglesias then suggested it might be possible to go after the Justice Department officials who were ultimately responsible by “using the model we used against the Mob in the 60’s. You find a small fish, you threaten prosecution, you roll them, they give up the bigger fish.”

“It’s fascinating to know that we’re going to be treating this administration like the Gambinos,” remarked Stewart.

Stewart ended by asking Igleaias, “Is the greatest disappointment for you that you were a guy who believed in what they were doing? … Do you feel betrayed in that sense?”

“I thought I was working with the Jedi Knights and I was working for the Sith Lords,” Iglesias acknowledged, as the audience broke into applause.

“For the audience for this show, you could not have used a better example,” Stewart concluded. “I will see you at Comic-Con 2009.”

This video is from Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, broadcast June 16, 2008.