Mark Robinson, North Carolina’s lieutenant governor and embattled GOP candidate for governor, said he has hired a law group to look into the “outrageous lies from CNN” amid the fallout from its bombshell report alleging he made sexually explicit and racial comments on a porn website years ago.
In a post to X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday evening, Robinson’s campaign said, in part, “Today, the Mark Robinson for Governor campaign announced the hiring of the Binnall Law Group to lead the efforts to investigate the outrageous lies from CNN’s latest smear of Lieutenant Governor and Republican nominee for Governor Mark Robinson.”
In the tweet, Robinson added, “I am confident that Binnall Law Group will leave no stone unturned and enable us to use every legal means to hold CNN accountable for their lies.”
Newsweek reached out to Robinson’s campaign via email Tuesday night for comment. In response, the campaign sent back the announcement.
Mark Robinson, the lieutenant governor of North Carolina and GOP candidate for governor, is pictured on August 14 in Asheville. Robinson said Tuesday he has hired a law group to investigate CNN’s recent report alleging he made racial and sexually explicit remarks on a porn website years ago.
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Last week, Robinson’s campaign was rocked by CNN’s report alleging that he made multiple comments on porn website Nude Africa’s message board, including calling himself a “black NAZI” and discussing his affinity for watching transgender pornography.
CNN said that Robinson allegedly posted, “I like watching tranny on girl porn! That’s f*****g hot! It takes the man out while leaving the man in!”
Robinson also allegedly wrote: “And yeah I’m a ‘perv’ too!”
CNN said Robinson’s comments were made between 2008 and 2012. Robinson officially entered politics in 2019 when he launched his campaign for lieutenant governor.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
