Republican hoping to challenge Lamb has criminal record in North Carolina

A Republican who last week announced that he is running for U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb’s seat next year is on probation in North Carolina for fraudulently taking money from farmers to start a cooperative.Brian Thomsen, a 46-year-old Ingram resident, is also not registered to vote in Pennsylvania.Thomsen said the criminal charges he pleaded no contest to were personally and politically driven. He admitted to commingling cooperative funds and his personal finances while he tried [...]