‘He Was Released’: Trump Takes Aim at Roy Cooper Over Iryna Zarutska Mu*der

President Trump renewed his criticism of former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper while discussing the k*lling of Iryna Zarutska, pointing to the suspect’s release and North Carolina’s broader prison-release controversy. State corrections officials have said DeCarlos Brown Jr. was released after completing his sentence in 2020, before the 2021 settlement involving 3,500 prisoners.