Some puffs of deceit and ridiculousness need to be lined up next to each other for full effect.
First, the decription of Mr. Iglesias’s testimony on Sen. Domenici (R-NM) from the Post …
Domenici also began asking about the local corruption case, which involves Democrats and a courthouse construction project, specifically inquiring about indictments.
“Are these going to be filed before November?” Domenici asked, according to Iglesias’s testimony. Unnerved by the call, Iglesias said he responded no.
“I’m sorry to hear that,” Domenici replied, according to Iglesias, who added that the senator then hung up on him. “I felt sick afterward. . . . I felt leaned on, I felt pressured to get these matters moving,” Iglesias told the committee.
From the testimony this conversation appears to have happened toward the end of October, 2006, placing it within two weeks of election day.
Then Sen. Domenici’s (R-NM) response to Iglesias’s testimony …
In his testimony today, Mr. Iglesias confirmed that our conversation was brief and that my words did not threaten him, nor did I direct him to take any course of action. While I recall, as I stated previously, that I asked Mr. Iglesias about timing of the investigation, neither I nor those who overheard my side of the brief conversation recall my mentioning the November election to him … In his own testimony, Mr. Iglesias confirmed that nothing I actually said was threatening or directive. I did not pressure him. I asked him a timing question. He responded. I concluded the conversation.
“I concluded the conversation.”
Remember, this was a call to Iglesias’s home. Domenici’s Chief of Staff placed the call. And led with claims that “there were some complaints by constituents” about Iglesias’s tardy pace in indicting Democrats.
Pity Mr. Iglesias got the wrong impression.
