Yes, but, Nifong is continuing the same charade that he is this caring compassionate man and that his valiant fight for justice is being done at the risk of his personal interests.
He chose the case BECAUSE of his personal interests. He secured the indictments BEFORE the election and used a fixed ID lineup to get them in time for the election.
Now, Nifong is basically telling the public in an offical press conference that he was approached by 2 influential people and they advised him to Drop the Case or he would suffer personally - AND the NIFONG stood up against such back door dealing and did what was right and just for the world !
If you eliminate Cheek from the equation and just listen to what Nifong says about himself - he's saying that he has done all this in the name of Justice and he has suffered personally for his good deeds. He is saying that he will continue to ignore the personal consequences to him (he's not a politician, according to him) and go full steam ahead in the pursuit of a "Durham Solution".
* * * * * CLUES TO THE MOTIVATION OF THE INVESTIGATION? * *
"Durham Police Chief Steve Chalmers said the incident allegedly involving officers Gary Lee and Scott Tanner would have NO EFFECT on his department's LACROSSE rape investigation. Neither of them is working on the Duke investigation.
"As far as I'm concerned, they're two totally different areas of concern, and WE'RE NOT TYING ONE TO THE OTHER," Chalmers said Thursday."
http://rdu.news14.com/content/top_stories/?ArID=88321&SecID=1
"WE'RE NOT TYING ONE TO THE OTHER,"
Sounds like the goal of the entire investigation