The defamation lawsuit came after CNN published a story linking the North Carolina Republican to a series of racist and sexually graphic online comments.

North Carolina’s former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) said he would terminate his lawsuit against CNN on Friday following its ...

North Carolina's former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has withdrawn his defamation lawsuit against CNN challenging a report that he ...

Robinson’s announcement that he would not challenge Tillis was not entirely unexpected. It explains why even as Donald Trump won North Carolina, many MAGA voters couldn’t stomach Robinson.

CHARLOTTE — Months after a bombshell report tanked Mark Robinson’s polling number in the race for North Carolina governor, the former Lt. Governor is dropping his lawsuit against CNN.

Mark Robinson, the former North Carolina lieutenant governor whose scandal-plagued candidacy doomed his gubernatorial bid last year, is dropping his libel lawsuit against CNN. Weeks before the ...

Former North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson announced Friday he is dropping ... also showed Robinson using racial slurs to describe the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., repeatedly using ...