The Latest Breaking News from Jim ONeill

From yesterday's decision in Grimmett v. Freeman, entered by Judge Toby Heytens, joined by Judge Albert Diaz: In 2020, Josh Stein and Jim O'Neill were engaged in a heated campaign to serve as attorney general of North Carolina. The Stein campaign ran an advertisement the O'Neill campaign believes was false.…

RALEIGH — At least in the near future, a grand jury may not bring charges against Attorney General Josh Stein over an allegedly false campaign ad, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

A local North Carolina grand jury has advanced its consideration of possible criminal charges against state Attorney General Josh Stein and two aides over an investigation into a political ad targeting Stein’s 2020 opponent

RALEIGH, N.C. — A Wake County grand jury took the first step Monday toward potential criminal charges against North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein and two top aides related to an attack ad from the 2020 election.

The campaign committee for North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has asked a federal appeals court to block enforcement of a seldom-used libel law amid an investigation into one of the attorney general's 2020 political ads

Grimmett v. Costa, decided today by Judge Catherine Eagles (M.D.N.C.), refused to issue a preliminary injunction against a N.C. statute that makes it a misdemeanor [f]or any person to publish or cause to be circulated derogatory reports with reference to any candidate in any primary or election, knowing such report…

‘The optics of that: Dear, dear, dear,’ says Lord O’Neill

But Manchester-born ex-Minister Lord Jim O'Neill says city's approach should be repeated across the North

Grimmett, Ralston Lapp Guinn Media Group & Josh Stein for Attorney General Campaign v. Circosta (M.D.N.C.), filed yesterday, seeks to invalidate N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-274(a)(9), which makes it a crime: For any person to publish or cause to be circulated derogatory reports with reference to any candidate in any…

RALEIGH, N.C. — Attorney General Josh Stein’s 2020 campaign is facing a criminal investigation — but the law it’s based on is outdated and unconstitutional, he argued Thursday in court filings as well as in an interview with The News & Observer.

Senior Conservatives in northern seats warn leadership contenders that they must stand by the government’s investment promises