The hammer comes down again on the Durham DA:

Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong has been charged with new ethics violations for his conduct on the Duke Lacrosse sex assault case.

The North Carolina Bar today filed an amended complaint accusing Nifong of withholding DNA evidence from the defense and making misrepresentations to the presiding judge in the case. The Bar has accused Nifong of conduct that involves “dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.” Nifong also allegedly violated a rule that “prohibits an attorney from knowingly making false statements of material fact.”

Previously, Nifong had been charged with making inappropriate and potentially prejudicial comments about the sexual assault case against Duke Lacrosse players. Nifong’s comments were made in a series of public interviews early in the case.