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Washington – U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., acknowledged Sunday that he called a federal prosecutor to ask about a criminal investigation, and he apologized for doing so, but he insisted he never pressured nor threatened his state’s U.S. attorney.
The prosecutor, David Iglesias, was fired by the Justice Department in December. Iglesias says he believes he was dismissed for resisting pressure from two members of Congress before last year’s election to rush indictments in a Democratic kickback investigation.
Ethics experts said Domenici’s conduct may have violated Senate rules, which generally bar communications between members of Congress and federal prosecutors about ongoing criminal investigations.
