So now comes the discipline. Think they’ll have Hawaiian Pizza?

From the Dispatch:

Attorney General Marc Dann is expected to make a statement on his political future around noon today.

Although it’s widely speculated that Dann will step down from the office he’s held since January 2007, his spokesman, Jason Stanford, wouldn’t preview his statement.

“Attendance is mandatory,” Stanford said.

However, some of those close to Dann speculated this morning that he would not be stepping down, and instead may launch a legal battle to halt an independent investigation of his office by Inspector General Thomas P. Charles. Dann had not made any announcements to his top advisers as of 10:30.

Some Dann advisers have raised the possibility of Dann raising a constitutional separate of powers challenge, since the inspector general normally does not have the authority to investigate the attorney general’s office.

Dann spent much of Tuesday attempting to broker a deal to leave office in exchange for calling off the inspector general’s investigation. However, his attempts failed; legislation expanding the inspector general’s authority passed both branches of the legislature and was signed by Gov. Ted Strickland last night.

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