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Port: North Dakota law prohibiting dishonest politicking seems likely to get struck down by the courts

Judge Daniel Traynor said Burleigh County officials made credible threats of prosecution, giving Brandon Prichard standing to challenge the political-ad law.

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MINOT — Late last year, former state lawmaker and right-wing troll Brandon Prichard filed a federal lawsuit challenging a North Dakota statute that makes it a class A misdemeanor to knowingly publish false information in political ads. Prichard named Attorney General Drew Wrigley, North Dakota Ethics Commission Executive Director Rebecca Binstock and Burleigh County State's Attorney Julie Lawyer as defendants. In an order released yesterday, fed…

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Inforum broke the news in Fargo, United States on Friday, May 1, 2026.
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