David Pascoe

State

Prosecutor Won’t Take Up Corruption Case Without Court’s OK

ABC Columbia Staff

Dan Johnson COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A new special prosecutor says he won’t take over the investigation of corruption within South Carolina’s Legislature without court approval. Solicitor Dan Johnson says in a letter released Wednesday he wants the state Supreme Court to rule first over whether Attorney General Alan Wilson can replace a previously appointed prosecutor with Johnson. On Tuesday,…
State

AG Removes Prosecutor from Legislative Probe

ABC Columbia Staff

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The special prosecutor tasked with investigating legislative corruption has been removed from the case, with the state attorney general’s office citing an “obvious abuse of power.” In a letter obtained Monday by The Associated Press, Chief Deputy Attorney General John McIntosh told Solicitor David Pascoe he was “deeply troubled” the prosecutor had tried to open a…