Rep. Madison Cawthorn charged with driving with a revoked license
WASHINGTON — Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., has been charged with driving with a revoked license and faces two pending citations for rushing.
The 26-year-old congressman was stopped final Thursday in Cleveland County by a North Carolina State Highway Patrol officer who performed a site visitors cease for a left-of-center violation on U.S. Route 74, in response to First Sgt. Christopher D. Knox.
“During the course of the investigation it was decided that the motive force’s license was in a state of revocation and he was subsequently charged with driving whereas license revoked,” Knox stated. “He was given a courtroom date of Friday, May 6, in Shelby.”
It is unclear why Cawthorn’s license was revoked. His spokesman didn’t instantly return a request for remark.
The GOP congressman was additionally stopped final October in a white 2009 Dodge car for driving 89 mph in a 65 mph zone in Buncombe County, and his courtroom date is ready for May 3.
He was stopped once more on the night of Jan. 8 in Polk County for driving 87 mph in a 70 mph zone. He was given a courtroom date of April 18.
Driving with a revoked license is a misdemeanor that may carry a sentenced of as much as 20 days in jail, though The Citizen Times in Asheville, N.C., reported the violation often ends in a wonderful or probation. The newspaper additionally reported that Cawthorn had been charged with driving with a revoked license in 2017, earlier than he was elected to Congress, however the cost was finally dismissed.
Cawthorn makes use of a wheelchair as a result of he was significantly injured in a 2014 automotive accident whereas driving as a passenger within the automotive of a pal who fell asleep on the wheel, in response to his 2019 federal courtroom submitting in opposition to the auto insurance coverage firm.
