Source: Travis Long, NEWS & OBSERVER, 1/9/19


N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore says he had no idea that a member of his legislative staff had contacted state inspectors about environmental issues at a property Moore was trying to sell. Moore’s denial came as he provided a letter showing that a state ethics investigation triggered by different allegations about the property is now closed. The News & Observer reported on Tuesday that in 2016, Mitch Gillespie, who was then a member of Moore’s staff at the legislature, had made an inquiry to the state’s environmental department …

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