Morris Durham "Moe" Davis (born July 31, 1958) is an American retired U.S. Air Force colonel, attorney, educator, politician, and former administrative law judge. Davis was appointed the third Chief Prosecutor of the Guantanamo military commissions, where he served from September 2005 until October 2007. He also served as director of the Air Force Judiciary. He resigned from the position after he refused to use evidence obtained through torture and because of political influence and pressure in prosecutions. He retired from active duty in October 2008. In 2019, he officially announced his candidacy to replace U.S. Congressman Mark Meadows, in the United States House of Representatives after Meadows resigned to serve as White House Chief of Staff. On March 3, 2020, Davis won the Democratic primary for North Carolina's 11th congressional district with 52,665 votes. He lost to Madison Cawthorn in his election bid to the House of Representatives in the 2020 general election. Early life and education Davis was born and raised in Shelby, North Carolina, He studied Criminal Justice at Appalachian State in the nearby town of Boone, North Carolina, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1980. He received a J.D. from North Carolina Central University School of Law in 1983 and joined the Air Force as a J.A.G. officer in the same year. In 1992, he earned LL.M. degrees in military law (with a concentration in government procurement law) from JAG School at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, and in government procurement law from The National Law Center at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Davis is currently living with his wife Lisa, who works for an animal rescue, in Asheville, North Carolina. Career Unlike his predecessors at Guantanamo, Fred Borch and Robert L. Swann, Davis has been a visible public figure. His statements have triggered controversy. Davis once said in an interview that he was asked to replace Borch at Guantanamo because of Borch's pushing of ethical bounds. Khadr's attorney, Muneer Ahmad of American University, accused Colonel Davis of ethical misconduct for referring to Khadr as a "terrorist" and a "murderer" during the January 10, 2006, press conference. Ahmad asked the Presiding Officer to sanction Colonel Davis for the comments, but the presiding officer found the comments were fair and balanced, given the repeated negative out of court statements Ahmad had made for months prior to the hearing. When asked why the