Madison Cawthorn pleads guilty

Former North Carolina Representative Madison Cawthorn plead guilty on Friday to a third-degree misdemeanor charge for bringing a loaded gun into Charlotte Douglas International Airport, WSOCTV reports. The former congressman's guilty plea halted a trial set to begin Friday after being delayed in January, resulting in his sentence to pay a $250 fine. Prosecutors reportedly asked to confiscate the weapon, but the judge rejected the request on the grounds that the city ordinance does not grant that power. Cawthorn told WSOCTV that he "made a mistake," forgetting that his gun...