David Iglesias

David Iglesias is a United States attorney dismissed during a controversial firing scandal in 2006. An announcement from the White House stated that Iglesias and the seven other lawyers were fired for poor performance.The Washington Post: Fired U.S. Attorney Says Lawmakers Pressured Him (March 1, 2008) Iglesias suggested that he and his colleagues were let go for political reasons.The New York Times: Why I Was Fired (March 21, 2008) In 2008, Iglesias released a book about the incident.

• Eight U.S. Attorneys were asked to leave on December 7, 2006. Budd Cummins was dismissed on December 20, 2006.
• Kevin Ryan
• John McKay
• Paul Charlton
• Carol Lam
• Daniel Bogden
• Margaret Chiara
• Bud Cummins
• David Iglesias

• "He sat me down in his office, and he said that politics have no role in what you do as a U.S. Attorney."—David Iglesias, retelling a conversation with Alberto GonzalesGQ: Q&A with David Iglesias (March 28, 2007)

• "Yes, and to use a Star Wars kind of imagery, I thought I was working with the Jedi Knights, and I was working for the Sith Lords."—David Iglesias, explaining his dismissal to Jon Stewart on The Daily ShowFormer U.S. Attorney David Iglesias explains why he was fired by the Bush administration (June 16, 2008) (Time: 6:33)