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"None of them were produced by his committee at all," said Josh Lawson. #NC09
“It was only after there were indications yesterday that John Harris was going to take the stand, 15 minutes before that," he says.
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"I said who is McCrae Dowless?... He was a good ol' boy who ate, slept and drank politics."
"I did not," Harris says.
"Andy negotiated that type of fee structure with him, and I agreed to it."
"I don't recall," he says.
"I shared with him again based on what I was hearing that I didn't sense that," said Harris.
"It was the biggest step of faith," he said.
"McCrae had been so clear I didn't think it was necessary," he said. #NC09
"No. I was not aware of that," @MarkHarrisNC9 says of that.
"When he heard that, he got up...and left the meeting," said Harris.
"He was just at a meeting with a group of people," said Harris. "And that he wasn't going to participate."
"He did," @MarkHarrisNC9 says.
"We had been wrapped up in orientation things. I had not followed the news," said Harris. "It was after that time I found out what was being said."
Says he didn't talk to McCrae after Dec. 3.
"Yes. It's very concerning, and I would have obviously never gotten into this," @MarkHarrisNC9 says. #NC09
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"I viewed John's emails and conversations with my son as family conversation," @MarkHarrisNC9 replies.
"We'll let it go in the record, for what it's worth," Board chair Cordle says.
"That's fair," Elias says.
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