Former Prosecutor Details Why She Resigned From Durham’s Trump-Russia Probe

State Supreme Court nominee in Connecticut says AG Bill Barr’s ‘public comments violated DOJ guidelines.’

Acting U.S. Attorney Nora Dannehy leaves law offices in Washington on May 15, 2009. Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP Photo

A former U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, Nora Dannehy, provided testimony on Wednesday about her resignation from Special Counsel John Durham’s inquiry during an approval hearing for a place on the state’s Supreme Court.

Ms. Dannehy made national headlines in 2020 when she resigned from the team conducting John Durham’s report into the FBI investigation of former President Donald Trump’s supposed links to Russia, although she provided no specific details at the time.