Updated 11/05 9:26 a.m.
A cyberstalking charge was dropped against the former campaign manager for Republican State Superintendent candidate Michele Morrow.
Court records from Nov. 5 show District Attorney Lorrin Freeman dismissed the charge on the basis that the “described conduct does not meet elements of the offense.”
Jennifer Sloan Rachmuth was arrested in Wake County over the weekend for cyberstalking after posting photos on X of a woman in a grocery store wearing a keffiyeh, a Middle Eastern headdress that has come to symbolize Palestinian solidarity.
The arrest warrant states that Rachmuth did this “for the purpose of terrifying, harassing, or embarrassing” the woman in the photos.
Rachmuth was arrested at her home on Nov. 3 and released the same day after posting bail set at $1,000.
Violating the state’s cyberstalking statute is a Class 2 misdemeanor in North Carolina, punishable by up to 60 days in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.
Rachmuth is the president of the conservative political action committee Education First Alliance. The PAC states that it is "against institutional radicalization and sexualization of children," and has spread false claims that multiple North Carolina universities are providing medical gender-transition surgery to toddlers.
Campaign finance reports show Morrow paid Rachmuth more than $13,000 for campaign consulting.
Amy Diaz covers education for WFDD in partnership with Report For America. You can follow her on Twitter at @amydiaze.