A spokesman for Gov. Roy Cooper said Thursday that a nominee to the State Board of Elections should not have been appointed after his former girlfriend contacted the Governor’s Office with allegations of longstanding physical and emotional abuse.
UNIVERSITY’S PLANS FOR THE SPRING. AND WHAT CHANGES ARE BEING MADE IF STUDENTS RETURN TO CAMPUS. >>> ANOTHER BIG STORY, WITHIN THE PAST TWO HOURS GOVERNOR McCRORY COOPER ANNOUNCED STACY EGGERS THE FOURTH TO THE STATES BOARD OF ELECTIONS. LAURA LESLIE HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO THESE ALLEGATIONS WHOSE NOMINATIONS WAS RESCINDED LAST NIGHT. LAURA JOINS US LIVE. LAURA. >> Reporter: JUST DAYS AFTER DECLARING OCTOBER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, THE GOVERNORS OFFICE APPARENTLY FAILED TO FOLLOW UP ON TROUBLING ALLEGATIONS OF THE FORMER GIRLFRIEND OF A POLITICAL APPOINTEE. COOPER SPOKESMAN SAYS THAT APPOINTMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN MADE. WHEN THE WOMAN, WHO WE HAVE AGREEMENT IDENTIFY, LEARNED LAST WEEK THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE JAMES CARLTON McLAMB JR. COULD STILL BE NAMED TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, SHE CONTACTED THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE WITH HER ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP BOTH SHE AND McLAMB ARE KNOWN IN POLITICAL CIRCLES. NONETHELESS HE WAS STILL APPOINTED BY COOPER TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS TUESDAY. AFTER THAT, THE WOMAN POSTED HER STORY ANONYMOUSLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. ACCUSING McLAMB OF PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE AND SEXUAL COERCION DURING THE TWO-YEAR RELATIONSHIP. SHE SAID EVEN RECORDED SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS WITHOUT HER KNOWLEDGE. AND THEN THREATENED TO AND HER AND RUIN HER CAREER. HE WORKS VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE THINKS HE IS A OF SOCIETY AND A SUPER NICE GUY, SHE WROTE. SOCIOPATHS THE NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER IS THE LAST THING ESTATE NEEDS IN THE POSITION OF SUCH POWER. AFTER REPORTER STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ACCUSATIONS, THE GOVERNOR RESCINDED McLAMB’S APPOINTMENT SAYING IT WILL BE A DISTRACTION. McLAMB ISSUED A STATEMENT DENYING THAT ALLEGATIONS AND IMPLYING THEY WERE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. LET ME BE VERY CLEAR, I NEVER THOUGHT OF ANYONE OR FORCED ANYONE INTO UNWANTED ACTIONS HE SAID. I ASKED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WHO NOMINATED HIM WHETHER THEY HAD KNOWN ANYTHING ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS. A SPOKESMAN SAID THEY HAD NOT BEEN MADE AWARE OF THEM. >>> ASKED COOPER’S OFFICE WHETHER ANYONE UPON THE ALLEGATIONS BEFORE THAT APPOINTMENT WAS OFFICIALLY MADE. SPOKESMAN NOT DIRECTLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT HE TOLD ME IN A STATEMENT, OUR OFFICE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER JOB OF UNDERSTANDING AND COMMUNICATE SEVERITY OF THIS ALLEGATIONS. IN THIS APPOINTMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE MOVED FOR. >>> CANNOT UNPACK HERE.