"And the Durham crowd can't be happy that he has brought so much national attention down on their corrupt activities."
They stand to lose their entire empire of prostitution and drugs, which operated out of the limelight for more than a decade, if the SBI and the FBI and other agencies start poking around. All that could have continued except for Nifong's forcing this rape case through instead of dropping it.
He may still drop it for just that reason--to make sure the Feds and others don't get so involved that the Durham crowd loses everything.
NC House Speaker questioned on ethics
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/29/AR2005122901304.html
Scandal Arrives Before New State Lottery
House Speaker and Top Aide Under Investigation for Possible Corruption in Measure's Passage
By Mark Johnson
Special to The Washington Post
Friday, December 30, 2005; Page A02
RALEIGH, N.C. -- When North Carolina's legislature relented from its decades-long opposition to a state lottery this summer, preachers and conservative lawmakers warned that wherever gambling goes, scandal follows.
Even they never predicted it would arrive so fast.