North Carolina’s former Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat who is now running for a Senate seat in his state, appointed judges who oversaw the release of violent criminals, including the man accused of murdering Iryna Zarustska.

While Cooper has desperately tried to distance himself from the consequences of his soft-on-crime policies, he directly appointed the judge who oversaw the release of violent criminals who went on to murder innocent individuals — a point former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Whatley — who is also running in the state’s senate race — is making.

“Roy Cooper can lie about his soft-on-crime record all he wants, but the truth is clear,” Whatley said in a statement first obtained by Breitbart News. “As Governor, Cooper pushed cashless bail and pretrial r

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