The former chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party on Wednesday pleaded ...
- The former chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party on Wednesday pleaded guilty to lying to federal law enforcement agents during an investigation into an attempted bribery scheme of a state official, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Robert “Robin” Hayes, 74, along with business executive Greg Lindberg and insurance executives John Gray and John Palermo were charged in March with bribery and conspiracy in Statesville, North Carolina. The four men were accused of trying to bribe state insurance commissioner Mike Causey. After reaching a plea agreement last week with federal prosecutors, Hayes pleaded guilty during a court hearing on Wednesday, according to online court records.
Hayes could face up to six months in prison, but federal prosecutors will recommend a sentence at the low end of the applicable range after he agreed to cooperate, according to a court document published online by WRAL-TV, a local television station in Raleigh, North Carolina.According to the indictment, the four men promised to spend millions of dollars on Causey’s re-election if he would remove an insurance regulator that oversaw companies under Lindberg’s control.
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