Rep. Madison Cawthorn has been charged with driving on a revoked license, a North Carolina Highway Patrol spokesman confirmed on Wednesday.
Cawthorn, 26, was charged after being pulled over on March 3, Sgt. Marcus Bethea with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol confirmed to the Washington Examiner. Bethea said the North Carolina Republican was pulled over in Cleveland County by a member of the highway patrol who was conducting a traffic stop of a 2019 Toyota for a left-of-center violation.
“During the course of the investigation, it was determined that the driver’s license was in a state of revocation, and he was subsequently charged with driving while license revoked,” Bethea said in the statement.
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Cawthorn’s office said the incident will likely be “resolved quickly.”
“Our office expects the traffic matters to be resolved quickly, and we remain focused on serving the constituents of NC-11,” a spokesman from Cawthorn’s office told the Washington Examiner.
Bethea confirmed in the statement that Cawthorn had received two prior citations for speeding.
The lawmaker was cited after being pulled over on Oct. 18, 2021, in Buncombe County, for traveling 89 mph in a 65 mph zone, the statement said. He was given a Jan. 4 court date, according to the statement.
A second citation was issued to Cawthorn after he was pulled over on Jan. 8 in Polk County for traveling at a speed of 87 mph in a 70 mph zone. Cawthorn was given a court date of April 18, according to the statement provided by Bethea.
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Cawthorn is set to appear in court for the latest infraction on May 6 in Shelby, North Carolina, according to the statement provided by Bethea.
