Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is trying to deflect from Republicans’ crime attacks against him by releasing a new campaign advertisement that links his Senate opponent to a registered sex offender.
The 30-second spot accuses Michael Whatley of tapping Harvey Lee West to serve within the North Carolina Republican Party. West was required to register as a sex offender after he was released from state custody in 2006. He pleaded guilty to five counts of taking indecent liberties with a child in 2000, but he later maintained his innocence.
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