Mark Robinson announces he won’t run for Senate in 2026 as he ditches CNN lawsuit over porn site scandal
Former North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson, who ran for governor in 2024, has announced that he will not seek public office in the future and that he’s dropping a lawsuit against CNN for the network’s reporting on comments he made on a porn site.
Robinson wrote on X on Friday that he was sharing “an important life update” and that he and his family were “turning the page.”
“Costly litigation and political gamesmanship by my detractors makes clear that continuing to pursue retribution from CNN is a futile effort,” he added. “That is why I have asked Jesse Binnall and his legal team to terminate any continued attempt to litigate with CNN on my or my family’s behalf.“
“I will not run next year, nor do I have plans to seek elected office in the future,” said Robinson.
The lewd and bizarre posts by Robinson were removed from the porn site Nude Africa following the CNN report outlining the offensive comments.
Robinson, who reportedly made the comments between 2008 and 2012, was quick to reject all responsibility for the comments, which were posted before he went into politics.
Robinson shared his full name on the porn site and was a frequent user of its message board, according to the bombshell CNN Report. He also used an email address on the site that he used on a number of other sites for years. He also used the username “minisoldr,” on other websites. CNN matched the “minisoldr” account to a large number of biographical details shared by Robinson.
On Friday, Robinson wrote on X that “the price we have paid in entering the political arena will never be recognized. There is no dollar amount high enough.”
He blamed his departure from politics on the “political persecution of my family and loved ones,” saying that it’s “a cost I am unwilling to continue to bear.”
Robinson claimed that the “investigation of CNN” had “tremendous results” and “brought closure to our family during what has been an unimaginably dark situation.”
In comments on the porn site attributed to Robinson, he wrote about “peeping” on women in public gym showers when he was 14.
“I came to a spot that was a dead end but had two big vent covers over it! It just so happened it overlooked the showers! I sat there for about an hour and watched as several girls came in and showered,” he wrote on Nude Africa, according to CNN.
“I like watching t**** on girl porn! That’s f****** hot! It takes the man out while leaving the man in!” Robinson wrote in separate comments on the site. He has a history of anti-trans rhetoric.
Robinson said on X on Friday that he would “continue to utilize my platform to promote and support many of the issues we are all so passionate about; however, at this time, I will do so from the sidelines.”
