DA Allegedly Axed Staffer For Whistleblowing On Shady Hiring

By Braden Campbell (February 22, 2017, 4:13 PM EST) -- A North Carolina district attorney's longtime assistant was fired months before her retirement benefits vested in retaliation for reporting an alleged scheme in which two DAs hired each other's wives to do nothing for salaries of about $50,000, according to a whistleblower suit filed in state court Tuesday....

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