A North Carolina House candidate is suing a political group, accusing it of spreading false claims about his involvement with a purported gambling business in Lee County.
Stanford City Councilman Charles Taylor, a Republican running for the House District 51 seat, filed the lawsuit this week against Sandhills Citizens Alliance.
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Taylor alleges that the group distributed political mailers to voters purporting that he “owns an illegal gambling operation” and that he is running a casino.
The alliance runs a website that makes similar claims, plus allegations that he has benefitted from hundreds of thousands
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