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Forsyth DA Jim O'Neill says the NC attorney general defamed him. Now the argument centers on the law O'Neill claims was broken.
N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein’s latest filing in the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals makes the case for declaring a 91-year-old state law unconstitutional. The law creates a misdemeanor crime for people who lie about candidates in election campaigns. A split 4th Circuit panel already voted, 2-1, to give Stein a temporary win in the case.
N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein has added three new plaintiffs to his federal lawsuit challenging a state law against campaign lies. Among the additions is a high-ranking Democratic campaign staffer in this year’s hotly contested Pennsylvania Senate race. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted Stein an injunction on Aug. 23. With a split
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A local North Carolina grand jury on Monday advanced its consideration of possible criminal charges against state Attorney General Josh Stein and two aides over an investigation into a political ad targeting Stein’s 2020 election opponent .
N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein said that a political opponent who has accused him of lying in a campaign ad was actually the one who lied.