North Carolina G.O.P. Chairman Indicted in Corruption Probe
North Carolina G.O.P. Chairman Indicted in Corruption Probe
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The chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party has been charged in connection with an effort to bribe the state’s insurance commissioner through campaign donations, according to a federal indictment that was unsealed on Tuesday.
The party chairman, Robin Hayes, was charged with five counts, including bribery and conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud. The indictment accuses Mr. Hayes, a former congressman, of helping to route $250,000 in bribes to the re-election campaign of Mike Causey, the insurance commissioner.
Mr. Causey, who reported his concern to authorities, was not charged in the indictment, which a grand jury returned last month, and did not immediately comment. Mr. Hayes, the most prominent of the four people who were charged, did not respond to a message.
The charges against Mr. Hayes represent only the latest chapter of tumult in North Carolina Republican politics. In February, the state board of elections ordered a new vote in the Ninth Congressional District after it concluded that a voter-turnout operation, financed by the Republican candidate’s campaign, had tainted last November’s election.
On Monday, Mr. Hayes announced that he would not seek another term as state party chairman. In a statement announcing the decision, the party cited “recent, although temporary, issues with his mobility.”
so sweet...now his honesty needs to be complimented with justice in the form of a football number sentence for chairman
