Feb 26, 2021 · John H. Durham, who served as a United States attorney for the District of Connecticut for more than three years and as a federal prosecutor in Connecticut for more than 38 years, has announced ...
Feb 27, 2021 · The US Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John Durham, has announced his resignation from the role effective Sunday, February 28, midnight. The announcement was made by the Justice Department late on Friday, February 26. First Assistant US Attorney Leonard C Boyle will serve as Acting US Attorney for the district the department said.
Michael Byron Nifong (born September 14, 1950) is an American former North Carolina attorney, who has been disbarred. He served as the district attorney for Durham County, North Carolina until he was removed, disbarred and jailed following court findings concerning his conduct in the Duke lacrosse case, primarily his conspiring with the DNA lab director to withhold exculpatory …
Feb 27, 2021 · John Durham, left, has resigned as U.S. Attorney after he was appointed by Trump, inset, in 2018. Biden's DOJ said earlier this month it would ask Trump-appointed U.S. attorneys to …
On September 7, 2007, after having already been disbarred, Nifong reported to the Durham County jail to serve a one-day jail sentence for contempt of court. He was held alone in a cell for his protection.
Nifong gave more than 50 interviews, many with the national media, according to his own account and confirmed by the News & Observer. In these interviews, Nifong repeatedly said that he was "confident that a rape occurred", calling the players "a bunch of hooligans" whose "daddies could buy them expensive lawyers.".
Nifong was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, and attended New Hanover High School . He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) in 1971 with a degree in political science. He registered as a conscientious objector and participated in anti-war protests during the Vietnam War. After working as a teacher and social worker, Nifong returned to UNC in 1975 and earned a J.D. degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1978. He was admitted to the North Carolina bar.
Nifong is twice married, his second wife is Cy Gurney, regional administrator of North Carolina Guardian ad Litem. He has a daughter from his first marriage and a son with Gurney. He lives in northern Durham County.
He eventually worked his way up to chief assistant. After District Attorney Jim Hardin was appointed to a Superior Court vacancy in 2005, Governor Mike Easley appointed Nifong to fill out the remainder of Hardin's term. Nifong was sworn in on April 27, 2005.
On June 16, 2007, the North Carolina State Bar Disciplinary Committee unanimously voted to disbar Nifong after delivering a guilty verdict to 27 of 32 charges. The committee found Nifong's previous disciplinary record and acknowledgment of his improper pre-trial statements were substantially outweighed by (among other things) the players' vulnerability and his failure to acknowledge the "wrongful nature of (his) conduct with respect of the handling of DNA evidence."
On January 15, 2008, Nifong filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. He listed assets of almost $244,000 and liabilities of over $180.3 million, virtually all of which derived from six $30 million "unsecured nonpriority claims", one for each of the six members of the 2005–06 Duke lacrosse team suing Nifong, among others.
John Durham resigns as US attorney but says he will keep investigating the origins of the Russia probe 1 Durham, 71, was appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut by former President Donald Trump in 2018 2 Justice Department said earlier this month it would ask Trump-appointed U.S. attorneys to resign 3 Durham was named as special counsel into the Russia probe investigation in October by former Attorney General Bill Barr 4 He will stay in his role as special counsel in the Russia probe investigation
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attorney job by former President Donald Trump in 2018, WTIC-TV reported. The Justice Department said earlier this month it would ask Trump-appointed U.S. attorneys to resign from their posts.
Under the regulations, a special counsel can be fired only by the attorney general and for specific reasons such as misconduct, dereliction of duty or conflict of interest. An attorney general must document such reasons in writing.
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