Ex-prosecutor who resigned from Trump-Russia probe nears confirmation to Connecticut’s Supreme Court

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former federal prosecutor who helped investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia probe in 2020 before abruptly leaving the Justice Department is a step closer to being confirmed for Connecticut’s State Supreme Court. Nora Dannehy cleared the state Senate by a vote of 31-2 on Tuesday. Her nomination now moves to the House of Representatives, which was expected to vote later in the day. Dannehy spoke publicly for the first time during her confirmation hearing Tuesday about why she left the federal investigation. That probe looked into how the FBI and other federal agencies set out to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.