Mark Robinson hires Trump-linked lawyer to investigate CNN over ‘Black Nazi’ scandal

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson has hired a Trump-aligned lawyer to go after CNN, which reported last week that the Republican left a litany of racist and disturbing comments on a pornography website before entering politics. “I am confident that Binnall Law Group will leave no stone unturned and enable us to use every legal means to hold CNN accountable for their lies,” Robinson, the current lieutenant governor of North Carolina, said in a statement obtained by The Hill. Mark Robinson claims CNN report on inflammatory past web comments is full of “lies.” Last week, the broadcaster reported that Robinson left comments on a porn site called Nude Africa calling himself a “Black Nazi,” praising Hitler, admitting to “peeping” on women as a teen, and describing his arousal from transgender pornography, despite publicly attacking trans people during his campaign. In addition to imperiling his own campaign, Robinson’s alleged comments may also threaten Donald Trump, who has previously lavished the North Carolina Republican with praise, calling him Martin Luther King, Jr., “on steroids.” North Carolina is a key swing state, and the Trump campaign has since attempted to distance itself from Robinson.