FILE - In this June 3, 2017 file photo North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Robin Hayes speaks during the North Carolina Republican Party State Convention at the Wilmington Convention Center in Wilmington, N.C. Hayes won’t seek re-election to the post after all, the former congressman announced Monday, April 1, 2019. State Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey would receive up to $2 million funneled anonymously into his 2020 re-election campaign if he went along, prosecutors said. For their efforts to turn Causey to Lindberg’s cause, he, Gray, Palermo and the chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, Robin Hayes, were charged with conspiracy and bribery. Palermo was an executive for Lindberg’s Eli Global LLC and until last fall was chairman of a county Republican Party. Global Bankers has cooperated with federal prosecutors and will continue doing so, spokesman Steven Goldberg said.

Source: Washington Post April 03, 2019 05:58 UTC