Controversial North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson has hired a firm founded by a longtime Trump lawyer to investigate the CNN report detailing years of racially insensitive and offensive comments made on porn sites under a username associated with the Republican candidate.

In a press release Tuesday, Robinson announced that he would retain the services of the Binnall Law Group, a Virginia-based firm founded by Jesse Binnall, an attorney who has represented former President Trump and others in his circle.

“As I have said from the beginning, CNN’s claims are blatant lies. I will not allow these attacks to stop us from building a better future for our state,” Robinson said in a press release.

Robinson said his lawyers would “investigate where and how these false slanders came from. I am confident that the Binnall Law Group will leave no stone unturned and enable us to use all legal means to hold CNN accountable for its lies.”

Local North Carolina station WRAL reported that Robinson declined offers from supporters to put him in touch with technical specialists to investigate the posts, a move sources said may have helped convince some staffers to abruptly leave his campaigns.

“My team and I look forward to getting to the bottom of CNN’s allegations and we will use all of our resources to bring the facts to light,” Binnall said in the press release.

Binnall was a long-time attorney for former President Trump and has been involved in several major federal cases in recent years.

In 2020, Binnall was one of several lawyers representing retired Gen. Michael Flynn when he withdrew his guilty plea for lying to the FBI, ABC News reported. Flynn was eventually pardoned by former President Trump in December of that year.

After the 2020 election, Binnall represented Trump in the campaign’s failed attempt to overturn the election results in Nevada. “Donald Trump won … when you consider the fraud and irregularities that occurred,” Binnall said, the Associated Press reported in November 2020.

He was also one of several lawyers Trump hired to represent him in his failed organized crime lawsuit against Hillary Clinton. In January 2023, a Florida judge ordered the case dismissed and fined Trump and another lawyer, Alina Habba, $1 million for filing a frivolous lawsuit.

Robinson and Binnall did not immediately respond to The Daily Beast’s requests for comment.