From WRAL-TV’s Cullen Browder:

[Wake County District Attorney Colon] Willoughby stressed that his questions don’t directly involve Perdue or any other elected official.

“I don’t know whether anyone’s done anything inappropriate,” he said. “I think the State Board of Elections may have been a little hasty in its decision. There are still issues that need to be addressed.”

He declined to elaborate other than to say he has questions about “the payment for and reporting of” the flights.

You think the publication of this story online last night might have anything to do with this development?

UPDATE: WPTF-AM and the AP report Willoughby’s request came last week.