Vanessa Avery.
President Biden has nominated Newhallville native Vanessa Avery to serve as Connecticut’s next top federal prosecutor.
The nomination to serve as the state’s U.S. attorney was announced Wednesday. It now goes before Congress for approval.
As is the custom, the recommendation for the nomination came from the state’s two U.S. senators, Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy.
“Vanessa Avery is a proven prosecutor – tough and fair – who has deep roots in her community and a lifetime of service. A champion and fighter for Connecticut’s people with broad trial experience and solid, good judgement, she’ll follow the facts and law to deter and punish wrongdoers and fight discrimination,” Blumenthal, who served as U.S. attorney himself four decades ago, stated in a release. Blumenthal sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will review Avery’s nomination.
Avery, who attended Yale as an undergraduate and then Georgetown for law school, has most recently worked as an associate attorney general in Connecticut, overseeing enforcement and investigations involving issues ranging from environmental regulation and health care to immigration. “In our work together, Vanessa always leads with integrity and a strong commitment to justice, and she insists on accountability and respect for the rule of law,” stated her current boss, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong.
If confirmed, Avery will be the state’s first Black female U.S. attorney. And she will be returning to the U.S. Attorney’s office, where she previously worked in the Civil Division. The senators’ release noted that she also worked as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, “a pro bono advocate for children, adults, and non-profit entities, and is a past President and current Advisory Board member of the George W. Crawford Black Bar Association,” which is named after the City of New Haven’s first African-American corporation counsel. Avery is the vice-president of the Connecticut Bar Foundation.
Avery would succeed Len Boyle, who has served as first acting, then interim U.S. Attorney since last March. That’s when the previous Connecticut U.S. attorney, John Durham, formally stepped down.
he had been in Washington conducting an errand for former President Donald Trump.
Huh? Picking up his dry cleaning? Dunham was widely respected, fair, and professional, not a political hack as "staff" of NHI insinuates.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/us-attorney-durham-announces-departure-office
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/16/special-prosecutor-john-durham-charges-ex-attorney-for-clinton-campaign-with-lying-to-fbi-512316