(Des Moines, IA) — Democrats in the Iowa House want the contract cut for an attorney hired to represent a House committee as it investigates a district court judge. The attorney was hired by the committee chairman, Republican Representative Steven Holt to investigate Judge Kurt Stoebe of Humboldt. The judge has been accused of improperly trying to influence a commission choosing nominees to be a district court judge. Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee say they were not consulted on the hiring. Holt says as the committee’s chairman he and the speaker of the House had the authority to hire the attorney.
