News Source: Greensboro News and Records
| 24 days ago
The spectacle of a former governor being called before an elections tribunal to answer for transgressions committed by his campaign was historic in many ways. If nothing else, Mike Easley was the first former chief executive subpoenaed in that way...
News Source: Charlotte Observer Online
| 24 days ago
Members of the State Board of Elections spoke in a unanimous voice Friday: Mike Easley should be investigated on suspicion of committing crimes while he was governor of North Carolina. They imposed a $100,000 penalty against his campaign organization,...
News Source: Connecticut Post
| 25 days ago
It used to be the biggest tipoff in the UConn football team's playbook. Forget reading what the guards did, any Big East linebacker worth his salt knew that if Marcus Easley was in the game for the Huskies, they had definitely called a running play. "...
News Source: Charlotte Observer Online
| 25 days ago
The board referred the case Friday to Wake County DA Colon Willoughby. But Willoughby said in an interview he asked the state court system to give the case to another prosecutor due to his longtime friendship and professional relationship with Easley.
News Source: Charlotte Observer Online
| 25 days ago
On Wednesday, Poole, right-hand man for former Gov. Mike Easley, convinced a trial court judge to quash a subpeona seeking his testimony at an elections hearing investigating Easley's campaign finances...Larry Leake, chairman of the State Board of...
News Source: Belleville News-Democrat
| 25 days ago
North Carolina elections officials penalized former Gov. Mike Easley's campaign $100,000 Friday for not reporting flights provided by a political ally and asked prosecutors to investigate whether he or others broke laws by trying to hide them.