A North Carolina Democrat candidate running for Congress has been touting his career as a prosecutor to help him get elected but there’s a catch, he only had the job for 25 days in 2006. Wiley Nickel, a former aide to President Obama, boasted about his time as a prosecutor on his campaign website, claiming “As a former prosecutor, he has helped pursue justice for those in need.”

Fox News reports:

Wiley Nickel, a North Carolina state senator and former Obama White House aide, announced last month that he was running for the open seat of retiring Democrat Rep. David Price. Near the top of the biography page of his campaign website, it reads, “Wiley understands the value of public service. As a former prosecutor, he has helped pursue justice for those in need.”

Nickel’s law firm website also includes references to his 25-day stint as a prosecutor in his biography section, saying his “first job out of law school was for the Merced County District Attorney’s Office, where he worked as a deputy district attorney with a focus on prosecuting DWI offenders.”

“As a former prosecutor I know how the other side thinks and I will fight to ensure you’re not a victim of the law,” a quote from Nickel on the website reads. “You have a right to the best representation in Raleigh.”

Despite the repeated references to Nickel’s experience as a “former prosecutor,” Fox News obtained a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) response from the Merced County District Attorney’s Office saying that Nickel only served as the “Deputy District Attorney” from  Jan. 23 until Feb. 17, 2006.