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Lincoln attorney says Bruning is an embarrassment
Published Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 05:41 AM
Jon Bruning
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ A Lincoln attorney whose firm is offering free counsel to a state commission battling Nebraska's attorney general says Jon Bruning is making a mockery of the state. Last night, Bruning defended his refusal to prosecute housing discrimination cases on CNN's ``Lou Dobbs Tonight,'' again couching his stance in the nationwide debate over illegal immigration. Kathleen Neary says the issue Bruning has with the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission is not about illegal immigration, but about his failure to prosecute its cases. Since 2003, the commission has said, it has forwarded 41 cases to Bruning's office, but only one was prosecuted and none has gone to trial. But, according to Bruning's office, it's actually pursued 22 of the 58 cases it's received from the commission. On the Net: Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission: http://www.neoc.ne.gov/ Nebraska Attorney General: http://www.ago.state.ne.us/ ``Lou Dobbs Tonight'': http://loudobbs.tv.cnn.com/

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