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SC High Court Rules Prosecutors’ Dispute Can Be Made Public

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David Pascoe (TandD Photo) COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina’s high court has made public documents in a dispute between Attorney General Alan Wilson and a special prosecutor he appointed to oversee a legislative corruption investigation. The state Supreme Court late Thursday unsealed papers Wilson filed in response to Solicitor David Pascoe. Justices also said all other documents in the…
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New Prosecutor Picked to Head Up Legislative Corruption Case

ABC Columbia Staff

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A new special prosecutor has been appointed to take over the investigation of corruption within South Carolina’s Legislature. In a letter obtained Monday by The Associated Press, Chief Deputy Attorney General John McIntosh notified Solicitor Dan Johnson he had been picked to head up the effort. On Monday, McIntosh removed Solicitor David Pascoe from the case,…