Top aide for North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is resigning, adding to staff separations

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The top aide to North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson within state government is quitting, a state official said Wednesday, marking another staff separation from the Republican nominee for governor following a CNN report stating he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board.

Brian LiVecchi, Robinson’s chief of staff and general counsel, will resign effective next Tuesday, according to state Sen. Benton Sawrey, who has known LiVecchi for many years. LiVecchi didn’t return a phone call and email Wednesday seeking information about any staff changes within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. However, Sawrey said LiVecchi had given him authority to confirm his departure.

“Brian and his staff worked every day to help make North Carolina the best state in the nation,” Sawrey said. “He’s a true public servant that led by example and tackled every issue thoughtfully.”

Over the weekend, Robinson announced that four key staff members on his gubernatorial campaign staff had left their jobs, including senior adviser Conrad Pogorzelski IIi and campaign manager Chris Rodriguez. Pogorzelski separately Sunday named eight campaign workers who had stepped down, decimating the team six weeks before Robinson’s election with Democratic nominee Josh Stein. Robinson vowed to rebuild the campaign staff and remained optimistic about the electoral outcome.

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