Mark Robinson, the former North Carolina lieutenant governor whose scandal-plagued candidacy doomed his gubernatorial bid last year, is dropping his libel lawsuit against CNN. Weeks before the election,

Former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, whose campaign for governor in 2024 was derailed by a series of controversies and scandals, said Friday he would not run for U.S. Senate in 2026. Robinson, a Republican,

Mark Robinson drops CNN lawsuit, no longer seeking elected office

North Carolina's disgraced former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson ended a defamation lawsuit against CNN Friday, and at the same time, ruled out any plans to run for elected office in the future. Why it matters: Robinson's tumultuous campaign for North Carolina governor went up in flames in November,

Robinson was accused of writing ‘I’m a Black NAZI!’ on a forum discussing Black Republicans in a report by CNN

The defamation lawsuit came after CNN published a story linking the North Carolina Republican to a series of racist and sexually graphic online comments.