OMAHA- Douglas County Attorney Candidate Dave Pantos, who is attempting to unseat current Attorney Don Kleine, has become embroiled in controversy after it was revealed that Pantos had an affair while working at one of Nebraska's largest non-profits: Legal Aid of Nebraska.

Pantos, who has very little trial and prosecutorial experience, has pointed to his time at Legal Aid as experience enough, and has been running on that message.

It was revealed this weekend that Pantos was ousted from Legal Aid in 2014 after promoting the woman with whom the candidate was having an affair. The woman was the wife of a lawyer working under Pantos at Legal Aid, and reportedly had little to no legal credentials.

When asked about the alleged affair and promotion, Dave Pantos was quick to deny it. "Who said that?" Pantos asked,

I don't know what you're talking about."

Later, Pantos sent an email to reporters acknolowding the affair, but claimed that the promotion happened before the extended affair took place.

Pantos stated, "This consensual situation was a lapse in professional judgment and I regret it. However, all parties have moved on since this happened over eight years ago. I want to specifically note that there were no improper hiring or promotion decisions made at the time. Any suggestions otherwise are patently false."

Attorneys from Legal Aid dispute these claims, stating that the woman did not have a law degree and that she assumed an "outsized" role in the firm, often appearing alongside then-director Pantos' side at agency leadership events.

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