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Alaska’s top public defender, Terrence Haas, has resigned amid explosive allegations that he had a romantic relationship with his now-wife while she was his law clerk — claims he denies under oath. The controversy erupted from a motion for a new trial in the case of Albrite, who allegedly wasn’t properly evaluated for competency before trial, and whose defense team reportedly included Haas, his former clerk, and attorney Danail Mizinov — all allegedly entangled in overlapping relationships. Mizinov claimed Haas publicly criticized his strategy and made unreasonable demands after learning of the relationship, which ended before trial. Haas says he and his wife never had a romantic connection during her clerkship and that he was married to someone else at the time. In his resignation letter, Haas said his wife had suffered enough public scrutiny and that the governor’s office prioritized politics over truth. Mizinov welcomed the resignation as a step forward for the agency.

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