Ya'll Politics says Christi McCoy out, Curtis Ivy in as Northern Dist. U.S. Attorney
Ya'll Politics has this post this morning stating that Christi McCoy is out as the U.S. Attorney appointment for the Northern District and that the Curtis Ivy of Oxford is in. According to Ya'll:
Today a source with insider knowledge tells YallPolitics McCoy's "deep" ties with Joey Langston, and other issues, stalled her possible nomination. The source then went on to say Curtis Ivy, who has been a contender since the beginning, is highly regarded by many involved.
YP could not independently confirm Ivy's chances, or whether McCoy's ties actually prevented her from becoming the U.S. Attorney, however the source has been spot on with many other issues, and finds him credible enough to worthy this post.
Ivy is an African-American assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern District who has a good reputation. In June, it was widely reported that McCoy's name was already submitted to the White House. I discussed it in this post. If McCoy is out, it is a recent development that apparently was based on a decision made by the White House. Of course, the White House could make such a decision based on anticipated Republican opposition after floating the name to Republican Congressional leaders.
It has long been presumed that one of Mississippi's U.S. Attorney seats would go to a white and the other to an African-American. With McCoy being white, speculation in the Southern District focused on Natchez attorney Deborah McDonald. One question now is that if Ivy is in in the North, does it open the door in the South for someone like Cliff Johnson. There will be a lot of speculation on these issues in the coming days.
