John Harris also said that his father told him that he was going to hire Dowless as a contractor through the Red Dome consulting group in order to add a layer of separation from the campaign.

Harris’ attorneys have attempted to separate Harris from Dowless throughout the hearing, but Wednesday’s testimony damaged that argument.

Choking back tears, John Harris said he thought more about his children than his parents when considering his decision to testify.

“I love my dad, I love my mom, O.K.? I certainly have no vendetta against them, no family scores to settle, O.K.? I think they made mistakes in this process and they certainly did things differently than I would have done,” Harris said while his father looked on wiping back tears.

“We have got to come up with a way to transcend our partisan politics, and the exploitation of processes like this for political gain. That goes for both parties, Democrats and Republicans. And Libertarians,” he said.

“I’m just left thinking that we can all do a lot better than this.

Republican candidate’s son shakes up North Carolina hearing with surprise testimony

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