Therrible Thom ALL OVER THE PLACE in re: NCGOPe-tied bribery scandal

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At one time, all the elected stars of the North Carolina Republican Party were eager to take Greg Lindberg‘s money.  The Triangle-based entrepreneur was handing out record amounts of campaign cash.  Everybody wanted some.

Then along came party-pooper Mike Causey, the state’s insurance commissioner.  Causey went to federal law enforcement with allegations that Lindberg was trying to bribe him into firing an employee who was paying too much attention to some of Lindberg’s business dealings.

Apparently, Causey wore a wire to aid the federal investigation. The transcript of that wire revealed just how enthusiastic then-NCGOP chairman Robin Hayes appeared to be to help Lindberg’s scheme. The transcript indicated that Hayes even roped at least one NCGOP staff member into aiding the scheme.

When all was said and done, Hayes pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and got one year of probation. 

The next thing we heard — Hayes had been pardoned on the very last day of the first Trump administration.  HERE was the official White House statement:

So, Thommy thought Robin should be cut some slack for lying to the FBI about his role in a grotesque attempt to bribe an elected state official.

So, why would Tillis stick his neck out for Hayes like this?  Here’s what we surmised back in January 2021:

[…] A legal eagle type who reads this site frequently pointed out something interesting.  With this pardon of Hayes, Department of Justice investigators no longer have any leverage to hold over Hayes to get him to testify in further political corruption cases. […]

Aaaaaaaaaaand we have BINGO. 

Fast forward to this very month and this very year.  Insurance commissioner Causey has issued a formal statement asking President Trump to not pardon Eric Lindberg.

This time, ThomT is adamantly against a pardon for a defendant in this particular matter:

Wait, wasn’t Robin Hayes‘s name and voice all over evidence used to convict Lindberg?  Any reasonable person reading the transcripts in this case would assume Hayes was an eager participant in the scheme willing to help in any way he could. Yet, he was worthy of a pardon and Lindberg is NOT?  

*Why was this matter not  so “troubling” when you were trying to score a pardon for your buddy, the then-state party chairman? *