Robin Hayes

Causey urges no pardon for Lindberg

January 8, 2026 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey is urging President Donald Trump not to consider a pardon for Greg Lindberg, the insurance company executive who was convicted in 2020 on federal charges linked to […]

Donor and consultant convicted again of trying to bribe North Carolina’s insurance commissioner

May 16, 2024 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — A major North Carolina political donor and his associate have been convicted a second time of attempting to bribe the state’s insurance commissioner to secure preferential regulatory treatment for his insurance business. A […]

Ex-Rep. Hayes pardoned by Trump for role in bribery scandal

January 20, 2021 Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

RALEIGH — A former North Carolina congressman and state Republican Party leader who lied to FBI agents about a bribery scandal received a pardon on Wednesday from outgoing President Donald Trump. Federal authorities said ex-Rep. […]

Lindberg confident in his appeal of bribery conviction

August 25, 2020 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — A Durham businessman, convicted of attempting to bribe the state’s insurance commissioner, remains confident he will get a new trial or overturned conviction. In a letter sent this week to his company’s executives, […]

N.C. political donor gets 7 years in prison

August 20, 2020 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — A major political donor convicted of attempting to bribe a North Carolina elected official to secure preferential regulatory treatment for his insurance business was sentenced Wednesday to more than seven years in prison. […]

Former congressman to plead guilty to lying to FBI

September 27, 2019 Jonathan Drew | The Associated Press

RALEIGH — Former congressman Robin Hayes will admit in court that he lied to federal agents conducting a bribery probe of a major political donor. The federal court docket shows that Hayes is scheduled to […]

NC GOP chair, political donor accused of bribery

April 3, 2019 Gary Robertson and Emory Dalesio

RALEIGH — The chairman of North Carolina’s Republican Party, an insurance magnate and two of his associates are facing federal charges for a plan to shower the state’s top insurance regulator with campaign contributions to […]

NC GOP wants federal investigation of Cooper’s pipeline fund

March 14, 2018 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH – The chairman of the N.C. Republican Party, Robin Hayes, and its executive director, Dallas Woodhouse, filed a request Tuesday in federal court calling for an investigation of the agreement between the Atlantic Coast […]