The SANE nurse and the officers (except for Sgt. Shelton) believed her.
'There were no questions presented to me by anyone about her story."
Nifong: Mangum as of 12-21 did not know what object she was being sexually assaulted with.
Q: What was your assessment of your chances at the suppression hearing?
A: Never thought about it; got notice from the state bar at about that time.
"My focus at that time was after we got her through the child-bearing complications if she wanted to proceed with the case."
Is it Nifong's job to "get her through the child-bearing process"?
Denies that there was a relationship between the scheduling of the Wilson interview and the communication from the Bar on DNA.
Has just claimed that he never spoke with an attorney who offered to speak with him about the case and his client. (Jim Cooney made this offer in a November meeting with Nifong.)
Says that he has never spoken with an attorney before seeking indictments.
Claims that he would have sat down with Seligmann if Reade had been willing to do so.
"Throughout my time"--Nifong now begins to tear up--"Throughout the years that I have served as a prosecutor in NC, I have always tried to do the right thing. In this case, I was trying to do the right thing. Much of the criticism that has been directed against me in this case are justified. The allegations against me that I am a liar are not justified. I felt that it was important to come before this commission and to defend myself against the allegations."
Nifong is now speaking just above a whisper, and in tears. Denies again that he has lied or intentionally mis-represented himself.
"Very proud of my son, and hopes that he is proud of me."
"It has become increasingly apparent during the course of this week, in some ways that might not have been apparent before, that my presence as a district attorney as Durham does not serve the cause of justice."
How is that an implosion?
ReplyDeleteKC,
ReplyDeleteAll this hard work coming to fruition. congraulations and thank you for helping get this 2 bit punk in the dock.
OMG. The "I'm incompetent" defense... he's doing a good job of proving that.
ReplyDeleteWe need more "implosion" than that?
ReplyDelete'There were no questions presented to me by anyone about her story."
ReplyDeleteI though Himan said he did?
Strawberries...
ReplyDeleteI thought that when Nifong was cross-examined (which in effect is underway with Williamson), I would feel triumphant, or perhaps enraged.
ReplyDeleteInstead, I can only shake my head and mutter, "the guy [Nifong] is just plain pathetic".
This farce is getting ready to end soon
ReplyDeleteYes, he shut everyone off who would have asked questions to him. Of course, there was nobody asking questions. Nifong deserves to burn in hell!
ReplyDeleteIf she was too fragile for an interview by him then why let Wilson proceed with one?
ReplyDeleteThe ruling is going to chew this idiot up and spit him out. The pleadings in this case (before he recused his idiotic self) were full of questions about her story.
ReplyDeleteNifong says "yes ma'am" to Williamson!
ReplyDeleteYes ma'am--I mean yes, sir. Stop asking me questions!!!! I can't think anymore, my head has exploded!!
ReplyDeleteHow many times can he contradict himself? Good lord, it's so obvious that he's lying, and worse, coming up with his lies as he goes along!
ReplyDeleteIs there a mercy rule in law?
Dianna
Pretty cushy job he had.
ReplyDeleteDidn't have to know anything.
Didn't have to see anything.
Didn't have to hear anything.
Didn't have to send anything.
Didn't have to say anything.
Unless you are a big time news org. with a tv camera.
Dianna,
ReplyDeleteIf there was such a rule this would have been over long ago.
I had at least expected his defense to be plausible enough to make me angry.
ReplyDeleteThis is funny.
"Could not continue to work the case cause he would not be able to present it in a manner fair to her"
ReplyDeleteHow is it his duty or obligation to be fair to her?? She is not his client, and by definition owes her no duty...his client is justice, if that is not "fair" to the accuser, then tough...he is so deluded
"Denies that there was a relationship between the scheduling of the Wilson interview and the communication from the Bar on DNA."
ReplyDeleteI can see that. However, I think there is a relationship between the Wilson interview and the December 15 hearing.
In little league, this would have been called long ago due to the mercy rule. But that's for little leaguers--Nifong is a venal, adult POS. No Mercy!! Bury him.
ReplyDeleteOnly a pathological liar could sound as convincing in his lies as Nifong does.
ReplyDelete3:39
ReplyDeleteHe must have been confused again and thought he was her private lawyer, not working for the state of North Carolina.
Again, if I was to guess, I guess that Ben Himan is the least dumb person involved in this charade and I guess that Ben Himan can prove he expressed doubt about Mangum before the AG got involved.
OK STOP, bring on the cross, watch him fully implode and let this farce be over...
ReplyDeleteBDay
So he's just making shit up now. I think he's forgot he's in a room full of lawyers and judges. This isnt a working-class jury, Fong. That crap wont fly.
ReplyDeleteOh for God's sake!
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to his open door policy of always sharing information and being available to defense attorneys?!
diogenes, he's not convincing. This is pathetic; he's inconsistent, and contradicts himself between one reply and the next.
ReplyDeleteHow do you find him "convincing"? In his stellar portrayal of a total idiot?
Dianna
Swan song time!
ReplyDeleteJLS says...,
ReplyDeleteNifong is about to throw himself on the mercy of the court?
Is he gonna start singing?
ReplyDeleteHe's crying.
ReplyDeleteHere comes the BS - what would you want to say. He is going cry. Bettya
ReplyDeleteI have to admit, it's pretty cool to see KC blogging away in a camera pan, hit refresh and see it a few minutes later.
ReplyDelete...these are the days of miracles and wonders and don't cry baby don't cry. [actually, he seems to be crying now]
Hard to believe but his lack of ethics is exceeded only by his incompetence.
ReplyDeleteHe needs to leave the courtroom today and check himself into a mental hospital, claim fatigue and plead delayed diagnosis of complete mental breakdown.
ReplyDeleteWhat a loser! I cannot stand this guy! I hope they do not buy this act!
ReplyDeleteLet's all shed a tear for poor, por little Mikey. Now hang the sonofa bitch!
ReplyDeleteThe allegations that you are a liar are too justified, you are a LIAR
ReplyDeleteOMG!!! He's trying to be READE!!
ReplyDeleteI guess he is leaving. Good riddance.
ReplyDeleteSo he admits that Reade is a great kid and if only he had met him all would have been fine! Is this guy for real?
ReplyDeleteBoo hoo, I have always given everything to defense attorneys, except when I forgot!
NOW he's imploding!
ReplyDeleteLying AND blubberin' like a baby!
Hawwwhawhawhaw!!!
He makes me sick. This experience is not good for the Seligman family. It is just trauma all over again to hear him lie like that. He says he would have dropped the charges if he had met with Reade. He is full of shit. Now he turns on the tears.
ReplyDeleteBringing up memory of Mom and Dad and choking up.
ReplyDeleteI believe it has finally hit him that the panel is not buying his brand of bulls**t.
ReplyDeleteJLS says....,
ReplyDeleteIf you take responsibility, resign from office and the bar.
OMG!! Now HE is crying? The "paris hilton" defense!!!!!! what a pathetic creature!
ReplyDeleteWhat are they getting at by saying Reade is an impressive guy and if only Nifong had spoken to him he probably would have done things differently? What the fuck is he talking about? These guys were dying to talk to him, and he laughed at their face! He insulted them and their families and their lawyers on every occasion he got? What the hell is he talking about?
ReplyDeleteHe's crying? Oh. My.
ReplyDeleteOh, dear. Oh, dearie, dearie me!
I do not believe this.
Dianna
He is actually a pretty god actor, like most lawyers.
ReplyDeleteOMG He's upset, Poor Fong. May he rot in jail. He sure didn't give a s**t while he was putting these guys thur hell.
ReplyDeleteNow he drags his son onto the cameras. he is resigning!!!
ReplyDeleteWell, we got the strawberries alright.
ReplyDeleteNOW the implosion has officially begun! Oh shit, I forgot my hankey...guess I'll just barf instead.
ReplyDeleteWon't work.
ReplyDeleteSaying you didn't lie is telling another lie.
Now you know how the boys felt you jerk...
Bday
Turn on the faucets.
ReplyDeleteWhat a farce!
I nominate Mike Nifong for a legal Oscar.
OMG. He's resigning.
ReplyDeleteHe is going to resign!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHe's gonna resign!
ReplyDeleteHe says the allegations are not justified (speaking softly now).
ReplyDeleteWow, he is absolutely pathetic.
He's crying now.
This could not be funnier.
Crying, talking about his son.
PATHETIC. LAUGHABLE.
Holy shit! He's resigning on live TV!
ReplyDeleteis he gonna now give up his license and then walk out??
ReplyDeleteNo Guts!!
ReplyDeleteSo,
ReplyDeleteHe got on the stand, tried to lie his way out of, got caught out and now he resigns.
What a jerk. If he thinks this is going to help him w/the panel, I think he's wrong again.
I agree with plumber.
ReplyDeleteJLS says...,
ReplyDeleteSo he is quitting? Is he hoping to save his law license?
We better still get a cross.
He wants to keep his license and his pension.
ReplyDeleteare you kidding me??? again he brings up his son, what a pathetic loser... cry, cry cry "tried to do the right thing" cry, cry cry "my son..." cry,cry, cry "i resign... now take pity on me, blah, blah, blah..."
ReplyDeleteso, he gets out of the cross examination by resigning??? what a load of complete shit!
Just resign asshole, and reimburse the state bar for the cost of this proceeding!
ReplyDeleteOh, now we know why he said "when I was District Attorney."
ReplyDeleteHe'll go to his grave...blah, blah, blah... and Reade and Dave and Collin will always be identified as rapists.
ReplyDeleteOn my sociopath theory ...
ReplyDeleteCrying can be used to manipulate, I think he's genuine (in feeling sorry for himself) because sociopaths do indeed feel ... feel for themselves or their direct interests.
He's quitting now. Good job all. Would buy KC a beer just now if I were local.
JLS says...,
ReplyDeleteTo quote Ms. Pittman, What A Crock.
This is not good for any of us to watch such a lier. He is tyed to the defendants families? Good God!
ReplyDeleteWhat a bastard!! This is a put up job.
ReplyDeleteTHANK GOD
ReplyDeletejoined at the hip, make me puke
ReplyDeleteJLS says...,
ReplyDeletere: Gary
Of course he is a sociopath back into a corner trying yet again to save something for himself.
This has been a tragic mess....
ReplyDeleteI feel like crap....going to the pub now....
Nifong Implodes
ReplyDeleteThat's quite a prescient headline.
to the extent??????
ReplyDeletewhat kind of weasel words are those????
LOSER
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
ReplyDeleteJLS says....,
ReplyDeleteAlso Nifong is a liar. They better not believe he will follow through and resign. He might well go to work on Monday and say he was kidding if they don't disbar him.
Maybe he will commit suicide now?
ReplyDeleteI need a drink
ReplyDeleteHe didnt lie. That wasnt lying!
ReplyDeleteWhats the over/under that he'll eat a gun soon?
ReplyDeleteResign? He knew what was coming!
ReplyDeleteHe is the worst!
WRAL is making me sick as well.
suicide is painless!
ReplyDeleteIt brings on many changes!
and I can take or leave it if I please.!!
Part of me feels sorry to watch a man as KC said, literally implode in front of us, FINALLY realizing that his life, career, reputation are in ruins never to rise again.
ReplyDeleteThe other part of me feels that its his own fault, there were so many places and times along the way that he could have made a graceful exit, in fact, if he had dropped the case the cloud of suspicion would have hung over the boys forever, his own stupidity made him continue past all reason, until finally the bar grievance foreced him to rescuse himself.
Even then, surely he could have done something else, simply admitted he did make mistakes but he did it because he thought she was telling the truth and throw himself on the mercy of the bar?
But this, getting on the stand and telling bald faced lies all day long and when you finally see nobody believes you, you go on a public crying jag and resign??
And then there is the cynical part of me that believes he did this to ensure the story is "Crying Nifong resigns' and the lies he told will be burried AND he gets a break from the cross.
Eat a gun soon? Regardless what this man did, that is a classless tasteless comment.
ReplyDeleteTHEN:
ReplyDelete"There are two words I never want to hear again, Duke and lacrosse!"
NOW:
"I will go to my grave being associated with this case."
MrRabbit: Stop feeling sorry for him & stop talking trash. This is how bullies act once they get thrashed. Nifong is nothing but a nasty bully. He finally is getting a taste of what its like to be on the playground with bigger kids. I feel no pity, only loathing for such a scoundrel. A better man would have repented, resigned and turned in his license some time ago. He lacked the character and intelligence to do the right thing. He's sniffing and snivelling now, but he put a lot of people through hell. What crocodile tears.
ReplyDeleteI think this was inevitable. Somehow a part of me does feel sorry for Nifong, even though he brought this on himself. I feel even worse for his family.
ReplyDeleteToTo All:
ReplyDeleteI indicated yesterday that it was my belief that Nifong was a sociopath. His testimony today confirmed it. Truth and lies were spoken without hesitation. Fact and fantasy were intermixed. I suspect the general perception now is that there was a pretty sick guy at the wheel in the DA's office.
What happens now? Disbarring is a mere formality. The clock now starts ticking for the willing accomplices. The ship appears to be listing.
Every man for himself!
Ken
Dallas
FINALLY realizing that his life, career, reputation are in ruins never to rise again.
ReplyDeleteWhat are yew talking about?? Use car dealerships are probably already offering him twice his salary to sign up with them. He could also become a Angry studies Prof. at Duke. Life has just begun for Nifong.
All,
ReplyDeleteLet's not forget that without CGM's original lies Nifong would never have started this. Further, were it not for the behavior of the likes of Levicy, the Potbangers, G88, NBPs, many members of the MSM and other enablers, he might not have continued with this witch hunt.
I certainly hope that this is just the beginning vis-a-vis holding these other people accountable to the members of the Duke LAX team and their families, most especially the LAX 3.
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ReplyDeleteAmen, he didn't do this in a vacuum.
It has been extremely apparent since March 2006 that Nifong's presence as the District Attorney in Durham does not serve the cause of justice.
ReplyDeleteis duke a state school?
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