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FILE - North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein speaks during a news conference outside the Durham County Courthouse in Durham, N.C., June 28, 2021. North Carolina's Democratic attorney general declined Thursday, July 21, 2022, to meet Republican legislative leaders' demand that he ask a federal court to lift an injunction on a state law banning nearly all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. (Julia Wall/The News & Observer via AP, File)
Judge again refuses to block use of law in NC AG probe
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday again refused to block a North Carolina district attorney from pursuing charges using a specific state law about a 2020 television commercial run by state Attorney General Josh Stein’s campaign.
 
FILE - North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein speaks during a news conference on June 9, 2020, in Raleigh, N.C. Stein's campaign asked a federal judge on Thursday, July 21, 2022, to strike down a state law that allowed authorities to investigate an ad the campaign ran targeting Stein's 2020 challenger. (Julia Wall/The News & Observer via AP, File)
Judge blocks campaign law enforcement in AG campaign probe
 
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally, Saturday, March 12, 2022, in Florence, S.C. Trump has endorsed two Republicans mounting primary challenges to sitting House members who have been critical of him. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
Trump accused of breaking campaign laws by teasing 2024 run
 
FILE - In this May 29, 2018, file photo, then-Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens announces his resignation during a news conference in Jefferson City. An election watchdog says former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens violated campaign finance laws in his bid for U.S. Senate. The Washington-based nonprofit campaign finance watchdog group Campaign Legal Center filed a federal complaint against Greitens' Senate campaign Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. (Julie Smith/The Jefferson City News-Tribune via AP, File)
Watchdog alleges Greitens broke campaign laws in Senate bid
 
FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump says he's open to an investigation of DeJoy after some of DeJoy's former employees said they felt pressured to donate to GOP candidates.(Tom Williams/Pool via AP)
Postal chief under fire over alleged campaign law violations
 
Trump’s law-and-order campaign relies on a historic American tradition of racist and anti-immigrant politics
Austin Sarat, Amherst College
 
House ethics to continue probe of Indiana lawmaker
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics panel is continuing an official investigation into Indiana Republican Rep. Marlin Stutzman.