Half of Mark Robinson’s Capitol Staff Prepping to Quit En Masse

Several of North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s key staffers in his office of the lieutenant governor said they planned to resign, according to multiple reports.

At least four staff members in charge of running operations for the besieged North Carolina lieutenant governor’s office are resigning, local station WRAL first reported. Robinson has faced mounting pressure after a bombshell CNN report revealed his alleged record of lewd and racially insensitive comments on pornography websites in the past.

The resigning officials include Brian LiVecchi, Robinson’s chief of staff and general counsel, communications director John Wesley Waugh, policy director Jonathan Harris, and director of government affairs Nathan Lewis.

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