A Wake County grand jury handed up an indictment Tuesday against North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood for allegedly using a state vehicle for private purposes.
Published: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024 @ 11:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper's named could be dropped from the list of defendants in a federal lawsuit linked to a 2020 arrest at a COVID protest.
Published: Thursday, December 14th, 2023 @ 6:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The city of Raleigh is asking a federal court to drop the city from a High Point woman's lawsuit challenging her arrest during a 2020 COVID policy protest.
Published: Sunday, September 24th, 2023 @ 10:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A woman arrested during an April 2020 ReOpenNC COVID shutdown protest is suing the governor, the city of Raleigh, and state and local law enforcement officials. She argues that defendants violated her constitutional rights.
Published: Wednesday, May 31st, 2023 @ 12:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The legal battle between N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein and Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman has ended. Both agree Stein's lawsuit against a 1931 N.C. criminal libel law is moot.
Published: Monday, May 8th, 2023 @ 11:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman has filed paperwork in U.S. District Court opposing N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein's motion for summary judgment in their legal dispute.
Published: Sunday, April 30th, 2023 @ 8:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman is asking a federal court to dismiss N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein's lawsuit challenging a state criminal libel law. Freeman says the case is moot.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 4:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Attorney General is asking a federal court to declare North Carolina's 1931 criminal libel law unconstitutional.
Published: Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 @ 7:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, and Rep. David Willis, R-Union, were involved in a car accident around 9:30 P.M. on Thursday where they were “rammed from behind several times,” according to Demi Dowdy, a spokesperson for Moore.
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 @ 8:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman has closed an investigation into possible criminal libel charges against N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein.
Published: Friday, February 24th, 2023 @ 8:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a 1931 N.C. criminal libel law is likely unconstitutional. It's a legal victory for N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein.
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 @ 12:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Former N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Jim Exum could mediate a legal dispute between state Attorney General Josh Stein and Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman.
Published: Sunday, February 12th, 2023 @ 1:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein's challenge against a state criminal libel law from the 1930s could extend into the summer or beyond. New court paperwork sets out tentative dates for further legal action.
Published: Monday, January 30th, 2023 @ 5:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman's candidacy in the 2022 election.
Published: Wednesday, January 18th, 2023 @ 8:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Federal Appeals Court judges raised questions about a state criminal libel law that could be used against N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein.
Published: Friday, December 30th, 2022 @ 5:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein's lawyer argues that a recent U.S. appellate ruling from New Hampshire should have no impact on Stein's challenge of a state criminal libel law.
Published: Thursday, December 15th, 2022 @ 10:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein says a challenged state election law "threatens to chill speech at the heart of our democratic process." Stein wants federal courts to declare the law unconstitutional.
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 @ 9:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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An attorney who has argued more than 100 times before the U.S. Supreme Court will represent N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein in his ongoing fight against a state criminal libel law.
Published: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022 @ 10:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on Dec. 6 in N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein's legal challenge of a state law against campaign lies.
Published: Tuesday, November 15th, 2022 @ 7:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new legal brief from Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman's office defends North Carolina's 1931 law against campaign lies.
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2022 @ 9:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Sen. Lee, R- New Brunswick, filed a defamation lawsuit against his Democrat opponent Marcia Morgan and her campaign committee.
Published: Sunday, October 9th, 2022 @ 10:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Duke First Amendment Clinic is supporting N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein in his effort to have federal courts throw out a state criminal libel law.
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2022 @ 2:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein's lawyer asks the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to declare a state criminal libel law "unconstitutional on its face."
Published: Monday, September 26th, 2022 @ 4:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. State Board of Elections is asking a federal court to dismiss a Republican attorney's lawsuit challenging Democratic Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman's re-election bid.
Published: Sunday, September 11th, 2022 @ 12:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman urges the 4th U.S. Circuit of Appeals to reject an emergency motion from N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein.
Published: Saturday, August 20th, 2022 @ 2:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles will not block her own ruling against N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein in a lawsuit involving a challenged state law.
Published: Thursday, August 18th, 2022 @ 12:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal judge has extended until Tuesday her order blocking prosecution of N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein under a disputed 1931 state law.
Published: Saturday, August 6th, 2022 @ 8:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawyers for N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein and Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman offer competing arguments in the case of a disputed 1931 state election law.
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2022 @ 1:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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McCrae Dowless, the man at the heart of an alleged ballot trafficking (also known as ballot harvesting) scheme that resulted in an overturned congressional election, died on Sunday, April 24.
Published: Saturday, May 7th, 2022 @ 6:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democratic judicial candidate Tim Gunther is disqualified from election after admitting to the Wake County Board of Elections he violated state law.
Published: Sunday, November 29th, 2020 @ 6:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today’s indictments are a product of an extensive investigation by the State Board of Elections, Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman’s office and the State Bureau of Investigation.
Published: Friday, August 2nd, 2019 @ 7:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The State Board of Elections commends Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman, her staff and the State Bureau of Investigation for their efforts in bringing this serious election fraud from 2016 and the 2018 primary election to prosecution.
Published: Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 @ 4:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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With his congressional campaign in debt, his integrity under siege, his health in question, and a criminal investigation over corruption gathering steam, some political observers are doubtful.
Published: Tuesday, February 26th, 2019 @ 10:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Election irregularities have been an open secret in Bladen County for most of this decade
Published: Saturday, December 8th, 2018 @ 8:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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