Publisher description for In justice : an insider's account of the war on law and truth in the executive branch / David Iglesias with Davin Seay.
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The Bush administration's drive to politicize the executive branch reached a new low with the improper firing of seven U.S. Attorneys in late 2006. The move ignited public outrage on a scale that far surpassed the reaction to any of the Bush administration's other political debacles. David Iglesias was one of those attorneys, and now he tells his story.
Iglesias has long served in the Navy as part of the JAG corps. One of his earliest cases, about an assaulted Marine in Guantanamo Bay, became the basis for the movie A Few Good Men. When Bush chose him to become the U.S. Attorney trying federal cases in New Mexico, it was a dream come true. He was a core member of Karl Rove's idealized Republican Party of the future -- handsome, Hispanic, evangelical, and a military veteran, with firmly conservative views. The dream came to an abrupt end when Senator Pete Domenici contacted Iglesias, wanting him to indict some high-level Democrats before the 2006 elections. When Iglesias refused, Domenici hung up. Iglesias was let go shortly afterwards. First, he was devastated. Then, he was angry. Now, he is speaking out -- with news-breaking revelations.
Iglesias recounts his interactions with Bush, Rove, Alberto Gonzales, and other key players as he takes readers into his time at the Justice Department to reveal what top Republican officials said and did, and how they subverted justice in an attempt to steal the election.
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