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Wood was charged Dec 12 with misdemeanor hit-and-run resulting in property after a downtown Raleigh crash involving a state-owned vehicle.  


State Auditor Beth Wood scheduled to appear March 23 on hit-and-run charge 

NC State Auditor Beth Wood charged with hit-and-run

Beth Wood faces a hit-and-run charge resulting from the December 2022 crash. On Wednesday, Republican legislative leaders called for answers while stopping short of calling for her resignation.

WITHOUT BOND ON THOSE CHARGES IN THE ROBESON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. >> SOURCES TELL WRAL STATE AUDITOR BETH WOOD ATTENDED A CHRISTMAS PARTY AT THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY RUFUS EDMISTEN THE NIGHT SHE CRASHED HER STATE OWNED VEHICLE. THIS BLACK TOYOTA INTO A PARKED CAR IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. THAT PARTY WAS AT THE SAME OFFICE YOU SEE IN THIS VIDEO, IF YOU LOOK INSIDE THE OVAL, SOMEONE WHO APPEARS TO BE WOULD BEING USHERED INTO THE BUILDING AFTER THE CRASH, THE BUREAU'S MATT TALHELM JOINS US LIVE FROM RALEIGH WHERE WE'RE HEARING FROM LAWMAKERS ABOUT WOODS FUTURE MATT. >> WE'RE TOLD STATE LAWMAKERS RETURN TO WORK HERE AT THE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING TODAY. THE TOP REPUBLICAN LEADERS HERE ARE STOPPING SHORT OF CALLING ON WOOD TO RESIGN. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE STATE GOP DID EARLIER THIS WEEK. NOW, THE TOP DEMOCRATS HERE IN THE STATE STAYING RELATIVELY QUIET ON WOODS. FUTURE. >> SO THE WOMAN IN THE WHITE WAS THE ONE DRIVING THE CAR. THIS VIDEO OBTAINED FIRST BY WRAL IS RAISING NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT STATE AUDITOR, BETH WOOD, EVEN AT THE LEGISLATURE OF SEEING THAT. I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF THANK YOU. SCRATCH YOUR HEAD, RIGHT. HOUSE SPEAKER TIM MOORE STOPPED SHORT OF CALLING FOR WOULD RESIGN. SO DID SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER PHIL BERGER. OTTER WOULD HAS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. DON, WHAT I BOTH REPUBLICANS AND WOULD SAY WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB OR HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONAL JOB. I'M AS STATE AUDITOR WHAT IS SERVING HER 4TH TERM. THE DEMOCRAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HOLDING STATE AGENCIES ACCOUNTABLE TO TAXPAYERS IN A STATEMENT WOULD HAS ADMITTED TO LEAVING THE SCENE OF THIS CRASH INVOLVING HER STATE ISSUED CAR THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 8 WOOD SAYS SHE WAS SHAKEN BY THE INCIDENT AND LEFT WHEN SHE COULDN'T MOVE HER CAR. BUT THAT VIDEO OF THE AFTERMATH SHOWS A WOMAN WHO LOOKS LIKE WOOD RUSHING INTO THE LAW OFFICE WHERE SOURCES TELL WRAL SHE HAD ATTENDED A HOLIDAY PARTY BEFORE THE CRASH. HER ATTORNEY HAS NOT ANSWERED OUR QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER WOULD WAS DRINKING THAT NIGHT AND THE EVENTS OF DECEMBER REALLY CALL INTO QUESTION A LOT OF THINGS. DO YOU THINK IN SOME RESPECTS AN ELECTED DEMOCRAT? >> I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. WE'VE ASKED THE STATE'S TOP DEMOCRATS ABOUT WOULD INCLUDING GOVERNOR ROY COOPER AND ATTORNEY GENERAL JOSH STEIN. THEY'VE SAID TO LET THE LEGAL PROCESS PLAY OUT. SPEAKER MOORE ECHOED THAT VIEW. I'VE ALWAYS TAKEN AND YOU CAN TAKE THE EXAMPLE WHEN WE'VE HAD MEMBERS OF THIS LEGISLATURE WHO'VE >> GOT IN AND JAMEL, SOMETHING I'VE ALWAYS SAID, YOU KNOW, ANY PERSON REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE IS ENTITLED TO BE PRESUMED INNOCENT AND HAVE THEIR DAY IN COURT. >> AND WOODS CASE IS DUE IN COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME TOMORROW. NOW WE'VE ALSO ASKED THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND WHETHER SHE SHOULD RESIGN OR HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THIS AT ALL. THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO OUR REQUEST NOW WITH SAYS SHE PLANS TO STAY IN OFFICE AND IS COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO PERFORM HER DUTIES. BUT IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT TODAY SHE WAS ABSENT FROM A MEETING OF THE STATE DEBT COMMITTEE AND SHE IS ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF

Republican lawmakers stop short of calling for State Auditor Beth Wood to resign

Wood faces a hit-and-run charge resulting from the December crash. On Wednesday, Republican legislative leaders called for answers while stopping short of calling for her resignation.

State Auditor Beth Wood attended prominent lawyer's party before crash, sources say

A ride-share driver who caught on video the aftermath of a downtown Raleigh car crash involving State Auditor Beth Wood questions whether others should be held accountable.

'Get her out of here': Video appears to show State Auditor Beth Wood being ushered from scene of crash

Video appears to show State Auditor Beth Wood being ushered into office after crash

Former North Carolina Attorney General and Secretary of State Rufus Edmisten was the Watergate Committee's deputy chief counsel.

ENJOY THESE PARKS BOOKING FOR THE TRIP WILL START LATER THIS MONTH. WOW. >> THIS YEAR MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST POLITICAL SCANDALS IN U.S. HISTORY. WATERGATE, WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS FORMER NORTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL AND SECRETARY OF STATE RUFUS EDMISTEN PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN THOSE HEARINGS ONLY ON WRAL MIKAYA THURMOND SPOKE WITH A POLITICIAN ABOUT THE PIVOTAL MOMENT IN HISTORY. >> THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE BREAK-IN PEOPLE. IT WAS NEWS. NO ONE COULD BELIEVE 5 WELL-DRESSED MEN BURGLARIZING THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS JOURNALIST CITING UNNAMED SOURCES REPORTED THE PRESIDENT WAS IN ON IT. IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING MORE BECAUSE >> WHENEVER DID YOU HAVE BURGLARS WEARING SUITS AND TIES WITH THE BRAKE AND AS IT BECAME CLEAR THAT IT WAS A NATIONAL ISSUE. THAT'S WHEN THE SENATE WATERGATE COMMITTEE WAS. >> WAS FORMED. RUFUS EDMISTEN WAS AWARDED A COMMITTEE'S DEPUTY CHIEF COUNSEL WHEN THE PLAN WAS UNCOVERED. ITS FIRST GOAL WAS TO GET THE TAPES AND DOCUMENT. THE PRESIDENT REFUSED TO TURN OVER THAT. THEY DECIDED THEY WERE GOING TO SOMETHING THEY'VE NEVER DONE IN HISTORY. >> THEY VOTED TO SUBPOENA PRESIDENT FROM A COMMITTEE OF THE CONGRESS. AND I DECIDED, WELL, SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO DELIVER THAT SUBPOENA. >> I'LL JUST DO IT MYSELF WITH THAT SUBPOENA. NIXON HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TURN OVER THE TAPES, BOOKS AND RECORDS. IT LED TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST HEARINGS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THE COUNTRY WAS SATURATED WITH WATER, GAVE LIVE HEARINGS. GAVEL TO GAVEL EVERY DAY. PEOPLE LINED THE STREETS TO GET IT. THAT'S ON CONSTITUTION AVENUE. WE HAVE ROBERT REDFORD ONE TIME. >> WE HAD A BARBRA STREISAND. ONE TIME. >> IN THE END, 40 GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WERE INDICTED OR JAILED NIXON RESIGNED FROM OFFICE 50 YEARS LATER. EDMISTEN SAYS ONE QUESTION REMAINS ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT WATERGATE THAT WAS SO STRANGE TO ME. HOW COULD ALL THESE PEOPLE ALL SUCH? PRIVILEGE AND POWER AND EDUCATION. DO SUCH STUPID THINGS. BUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TRIAL STILL STANDS THE WHOLE WATERGATE AFFAIR. SHOULD A NEW FEELING THAT YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP THE THE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT IN BALANCE. IT'S A BALANCE MISTON SET INTO MOTION ON JULY 23RD BY SERVING THIS DOCUMENT THAT SHAPED AMERICAN HISTORY.

NC attorney remembers subpoenaing President Nixon during Watergate scandal

Watergate 50 years later: NC attorney remembers subpoenaing President Nixon

Former North Carolina Attorney General and Secretary of State Rufus Edmisten played a critical role in those hearings. Edmisten was the Watergate Committee's deputy chief counsel.

Sunday, June 2, 2019 -- Rufus Edmisten, now 77, likes to rely more on humor, or on the wisdom bestowed on him by his beloved "Mama," Nell Edmisten, to move his story along.

JIM JENKINS: 'That's Rufus' reflect on N.C. politics with a smile not a sneer

Rufus Edmisten bio chronicles his colorful life in NC politics

One of the most colorful politicians in North Carolina history has released a book about his life. It's called That's Rufus and it chronicles the career of Rufus Edmisten.  

Bill Leslie recently sat down with former Attorney General and Secretary of State Rufus Edmisten to talk about his new book.