As NC’s US Senate race heats up, GOP lawmakers launch probe of Dem candidate Roy Cooper

By: Brandon Kingdollar

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: April 20, 2026

Words: 769

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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Just months before voters cast their ballots in the 2026 U.S. Senate election, North Carolina’s Republican-led General Assembly announced a committee to investigate the Democratic nominee, former Gov. Roy Cooper.

The joint legislative panel, made up of 10 Republicans and four Democrats, will take aim at a 2021 court-ordered settlement between the Cooper administration and civil rights groups that released roughly 3,500 prisoners due to dangers from the COVID-19 pandemic, a decision inaccurately ascribed …

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