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Former 5th Circuit Solicitor’s Communications Director gets Probation

Crysty Vaughan,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Former 5th Circuit Solicitor Dan Johnson’s Communications Director, Nicole Holland, has been sentenced to probation in a United State’s District Court. According to the US Attorney’s office, the 50 year old was sentenced to three years probation after pleading guilty to committing Wire Fraud and Mail Fraud.  Senior United States District Court Judge Cameron McGowan Currie presided.  Holland also…
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New Prosecutor Picked to Head Up Legislative Corruption Case

ABC Columbia Site 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,…