The state attorney general's office said Thursday that they had opened an investigation into the legality of the voter registration of MarkMeadows when he was the White House chief of staff.
The investigation was sparked by a New Yorker magazine article on March 6 that raised questions about the legitimacy of a mobile home that he listed on his voter registration.
The New Yorker reported that the former Republican congressman,Meadows, does not own this property and never has, and that it was not clear if he had ever spent a night there. In the past several years, the residence had been rented by the wife of Meadows.
The magazine noted that MarkMeadows listed his move-in date the day after he registered to vote in North Carolina.
According to a spokeswoman for the North Carolina Attorney General, the district attorney in Macon County asked the Department of Justice's Special Prosecutions Section to investigate the issue.
In an email to CNBC on Thursday, Ahmed said that they had agreed to her request.
We asked the State Burea of Investigation to investigate and we will review their findings after the investigation is over.
The News and Observer newspaper reported on the investigation of Meadows.
The Conservative Partnership Institute in Washington, where he is a partner, was empty on Thursday. A staffer there said she would forward the request for comment from CNBC.
A spokesman for the district attorney did not respond to a request for comment.
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