Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said Wednesday that acting U.S. attorney Sigal Chattah has demonstrated an “unfitness to serve” as the two prosecutors battle publicly over the handling of a child sex sting case involving an Israeli official.

Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, a 38-year-old cybersecurity official, posted $10,000 bail on Aug. 7, a day after his arrest, then returned home. He was one of eight men arrested on suspicion of luring or attempting to lure a child with computer technology to engage in sexual conduct.

Online critics have accused the government of intervening on behalf of the State of Israel, something the U.S. State Department has denied.

But Wolfson has said that Alexandrovich’s bail was “standard,” meaning it was pre-set by the court and required no release

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