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Leaked Documents Show Trump Team Found 'Red Flags' After Vetting McCrory

Former Governor Pat McCrory. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Leaked documents show that former North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory was vetted for a spot in President Donald Trump's administration, but officials found enough “red flags” to reject an appointment.

The News and Observer reports McCrory was interviewed by the Trump transition team about a job in the Department of Energy.

The subsequent 10-page file on McCrory highlighted warning signs ranging from accusations of “favoritism toward Duke Energy,” his former employer, to “comments critical of Trump.”

Following the release of lewd remarks Trump made about women in a 2005 recording, McCrory told the Washington Examiner“Trump needs to have his mouth washed out.”

Other issues for the transition team included McCrory's initial refusal to concede the 2016 election, and his signing of HB2, the so-called “bathroom bill” that banned transgender people from using restrooms that match their gender identity.

McCrory had no immediate comment on the leaked documents.  

Neal Charnoff joined 88.5 WFDD as Morning Edition host in 2014. Raised in the Catskill region of upstate New York, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1983. Armed with a liberal arts degree, Neal was fully equipped to be a waiter. So he prolonged his arrested development bouncing around New York and L.A. until discovering that people enjoyed listening to his voice on the radio. After a few years doing overnight shifts at a local rock station, Neal spent most of his career at Vermont Public Radio. He began as host of a nightly jazz program, where he was proud to interview many of his idols, including Dave Brubeck and Sonny Rollins. Neal graduated to the news department, where he was the local host for NPR's All Things Considered for 14 years. In addition to news interviews and features, he originated and produced the Weekly Conversation On The Arts, as well as VPR Backstage, which profiled theater productions around the state. He contributed several stories to NPR, including coverage of a devastating ice storm. Neal now sees the value of that liberal arts degree, and approaches life with the knowledge that all subjects and all art forms are connected to each other. Neal and his wife Judy are enjoying exploring North Carolina and points south. They would both be happy to never experience a Vermont winter again.

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