The move comes as the outgoing U.S. attorney in New Mexico has spoken out on his firing. In an interview with McClatchy Newspapers, David Iglesias linked his forced departure to his refusal to aggressively pursue the indictment of local Democrats before congressional elections last year. Iglesias says two lawmakers asked him to push the indictments in what he believes was an effort to create a campaign issue. He said, “I believe that because I didn’t play ball, so to speak, I was asked to resign.” Iglesisas did not give names, but The Washington Post reports it received denials from all New Mexico lawmakers except Republican Senator Pete Domenici and Republican Congressmember Heather Wilson.