By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
Jan Mann, the first Assistant U.S. Attorney in the New Orelans office, who was embroiled in controversy, has retired from the office, along with her husband, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.
Gordon Russell of the Times-Picayune reports:
Jan Mann was demoted from her dual management posts last month — she had been both first assistant U.S. attorney and chief of the office’s criminal division — after she admitted commenting pseudonymously on stories about federal cases posted at NOLA.com.
The revelation came more than six months after Sal Perricone, another high-ranking member of the office, confessed to authoring a raft of online rants.
The scandal resulted in the resignation of U.S. Attorney Letten.
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