Dellinger draws endorsements

Submitted by markjohnson on August 17, 2009 - 5:55am.
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Durham lawyer Hampton Dellinger has received endorsements from the N.C. Police Benevolent Association and a group of former federal prosecutors in his bid to be one of the new U.S. attorneys in North Carolina.

The police association dispatched a letter two weeks ago to President Barack Obama. Last month a group of 29 former prosecutors and former U.S. Justice Department lawyers sent their own endorsement to White House Counsel Gregory Craig. Dome obtained copies of the letters.

Dellinger, who was legal counsel to then-Gov. Mike Easley from 2001 to 2003 and a N.C. Justice Department lawyer before that, is one of three people whose names were submitted to the White House for U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina by U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan. 

(Read the letters by clicking below.)



Document(s):
dellinger(2).pdf

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Re: Dellinger draws endorsements

Submitted by John_Burns on August 18, 2009 - 12:42pm.

Hampton is extremely bright and hard working. He'd be great at this job.

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Re: Dellinger draws endorsements

Submitted by nc88blue on August 17, 2009 - 12:35pm.

That's some broad-brush Joe McCarthy guilt by association. Anyway, observers recognize that he's sued the Easley administration more recently than he's worked in it. http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/434023.html

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Re: Dellinger draws endorsements

Submitted by Kingixolib on August 17, 2009 - 11:44am.

If he has an Easley link he can't be trusted.

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Re: Dellinger draws endorsements

Submitted by captsfufp on August 17, 2009 - 9:13am.

There's a difference b/t a campaign and the selection of a U.S. Attorney. I think we've had enough politics involved in the hiring/firing of U.S. Attorneys from the last administration...

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