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Connecticut’s top prosecutor Richard Colangelo is retiring the end of March to avoid being terminated amid ethics investigation.

Connecticut’s top prosecutor decided to retire as a state oversight commission considered whether to hold termination hearings on Wednesday. This follows an investigation that questioned his hiring of a budget official’s daughter while pressing the official for pay raises for high-ranking state’s attorneys. Chief State’s Attorney Richard Colangelo Jr. will step down March 31 from the post that he...

Chief State’s Attorney Richard Colangelo Jr. Announces retirement following an ethics investigation.

Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday he would fire Connecticut’s top prosecutor — if he had the authority — for “ethical malfeasance,” a day after an independent report raised suspicions about the prosecutor’s hiring of a state budget official’s daughter. The Democratic governor spoke about Chief State’s Attorney Richard Colangelo Jr. during an unrelated news conference. “When it comes to...

An independent investigation released Wednesday questioned the “integrity” of Connecticut’s top prosecutor hiring a state budget official’s daughter in 2020 while lobbying for pay raises for staff, prompting Gov. Ned Lamont to forward the findings to state ethics and criminal justice officials for possible further action. The report says Chief State’s Attorney Richard Colangelo Jr., former high-ranking budget official Konstantinos...