Attorney General North Carolina
FILE – North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein speaks in favor of protecting abortion access during a news conference at the North Carolina Department of Justice in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. The campaign committee for Stein, desperate to dodge possible criminal prosecution in a libel investigation into its political ads, asked a federal appeals court Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, to immediately block enforcement of a seldom used libel law before the Wake County district attorney impanels a grand jury. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum, File)