Possibly this shows Nifong to be a control freak. He wants to seem “in charge” even when he’s going down. So he preempts the panel and in effect “assesses his own punishment” or appears to anyway by stating the obvious before the panel has a chance to. Might not have any legal ramifications. Who knows. Nifong is weird.
Weird isn’t the half of it. I think he is a sociopath.