Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.08.2008 Arizona's U.S. Attorney Diane Humetewa says she was never pressured by the Bush administration to drop an investigation of Arizona Republican Rep. Rick Renzi, as was rumored shortly after the president nominated her for her post. In fact, the state's top federal prosecutor went further in her first public statement on the issue, saying the rumor, as first outlined last year in a widely distributed letter by the state Democratic Party, was "very harsh" and totally unjustified. "You characterized the letter as asking whether or not this (pressure) had occurred," Humetewa said when questioned about it. "I think it was a little bit stronger than that. I think it was sort of inferring that that had occurred." In a recent interview, Humetewa opened up about the letter, which she received...
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