The crap is hitting the fan for DA Mike Nifong in the Duke Lacrosse Rape Frame-Up Case.

The North Carolina bar filed ethics charges Thursday against the prosecutor in the Duke lacrosse case, accusing him of saying misleading or inflammatory things to the news media about the athletes under suspicion.

The punishment for ethics violations can range from admonishment to disbarment.

Among the four rules of professional conduct that District Attorney Mike Nifong was accused of violating was a prohibition against making comments "that have a substantial likelihood of heightening public condemnation of the accused."

The charges will be heard by an independent body called the Disciplinary Hearing Commission, made up of both lawyers and non-lawyers.

In a statement, the bar said it opened a case against Nifong in March 30, a little more than two weeks after the party where a 28-year-old student at North Carolina Central University hired to perform as a stripper said she was raped.

Another rule the rogue prosecutor is alleged to have broken is the one against dishonesty, fraud, deceit, and misrepresentation".

Here's the whole complaint.

Methinks that DA Nifong is going down fast.

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