Announced Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney hopeful files instead for Congress — the 5th District

PORT ANGELES — David R. Fox met today’s deadline to file for political office — but not for Clallam County prosecuting attorney as he had previously announced.

Instead, the Port Angeles attorney — who made headlines after being arrested at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and being accused of sexual misconduct by a former client — has filed for Congress, and not for the 6th Congressional District in which he lives.

He filed for the House of Representatives seat in Washington state’s 5th Congressional District, which includes Spokane.

Residency in the district is not required for a Congressional office.

Fox, 49, was released without bail Thursday after the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office failed to file charges within 72 hours after his arrest late Sunday evening at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Airport police arrested him for investigation of driving while intoxicated, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia and possession of prescription drugs without a prescription.

Leesa Manion, chief of staff for King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg, said charges were not been filed because the office is awaiting the results of a toxicology test and other reports. Charges may still be filed once the reports are finished, she said.

Two days before the arrest, the state Attorney General’s Office said it would not file charges against Fox after investigating allegations of sexual misconduct with a former client and introduction of contraband into Clallam County jail.

Fox, who filed as a Democrat, has not returned several phone calls requesting comment. He was also not at his home earlier this πevening.

Five others have filed for 5th Congressional District seat, including incumbent Cathy Rodgers of Spokane. She is a Republican.

The 5th Congressional District covers the Eastern Washington counties of Okanogan, Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Lincoln, Spokane, Adams, Whitman, Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield, and Asotin.

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Reporter Tom Callis can be reached at 360-417-3532 or at tom.callis@peninsuladailynews.com.

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