Forced out
Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann, left, announces his resignation Wednesday in Columbus. At right is Gov. Ted Strickland.
(Associated Press photo)
Attorney General Marc Dann resigned Wednesday, just 12 days after three of his top aides lost their jobs in a sexual harassment scandal.
Dann was hoping for a second chance to salvage his administration, but on Tuesday his fellow Democrats filed articles of impeachment against him, and on Wednesday the Ohio inspector general raided his office.
‘‘It is now clear that the last step I must take to fix these problems is to resign as attorney general effective immediately,’’ Dann said in a statement that lasted less than three minutes.
Dann recounted what he considered his accomplishments of his 17 months in office and said, ‘‘The only way to protect these priorities for the office of attorney general and for the people of Ohio is to remove myself from the situation.”
After Dann left the microphone, Gov. Ted Strickland said that Dann ‘‘did the honorable thing by resigning today.
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Dann's career
1980-1984 — Attends the University of Michigan, earning a degree in history.
1984 — Attends Case Western Reserve University School of Law; works on the presidential campaign of Colorado Sen. Gary Hart.
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