RALEIGH, N.C. — Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson and the law firm he hired said they will provide an update about their "investigation" into a CNN report about the lieutenant governor.
Mark Robinson for Governor campaign announced that it hired the Binnall Law Group to look into the scathing CNN report that was released on Sept. 19.
This week, the law firm said it will hold a press conference, stating "the Binnall Law Group's investigation is focused on CNN's salacious, coordinated and disgraceful smear campaign and election interference against North Carolina's Republican nominee for governor."
The update will happen at 9 a.m. on Tuesday. It comes after CNN claimed Robinson had posted several sexually graphic and racist comments to a pornographic website.
The report sparked pressure for Robinson to withdraw from the race but he refused to do so. The deadline has now passed for candidates to withdraw.
Robinson posted a video on X, just before the story aired in September, claiming it was "outrageous lies" coming from his 2024 opponent, Attorney General Josh Stein. He continues to deny writing the posts.
The denials did not stop several of his staff members from resigning.
His decision to keep campaigning might threaten GOP outcomes in other key races in North Carolina, including former President Trump's efforts to beat Vice President Kamala Harris in the battleground state.
Trump has won North Carolina twice.
Attorney Jesse Binnall previously represented former President Donald Trump in lawsuits filed in several states after the 2020 presidential election. Those lawsuits claimed widespread fraud caused Trump to lose multiple states he believed he should have won.
State officials in Nevada, where one of the lawsuits was filed, found no evidence of any large-scale election fraud that year.