Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following statement after he was sworn into office: 

 

"I am proud and humbled to have taken the oath of office. Today's ceremony launches four years of work to protect all North Carolinians, and I'm ready to get started, keeping families safe and putting the people of North Carolina first.

"That means cracking down on violent crime, confronting the opioid epidemic and reducing repeat crime through effective prisoner reentry programs. I'll protect seniors and consumers from scammers and corporations that break the law. And I'll work closely with communities across the state to ensure that I'm hearing from North Carolinians about how best I can serve them"