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kpete

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Mon Aug 7, 2017, 08:50 AM Aug 2017

Emails: SC AG coordinated w key figure in statehouse probe on letter booting special prosecutor

Emails: South Carolina AG coordinated with key figure in statehouse probe on letter booting special prosecutor off case

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Ethics expert: Emails between Wilson, Quinn are "disturbing, highly irregular"

Wilson, Quinn exchange occurred as probe zeroed in on consultant’s son

AG’s warning to special prosecutor delayed investigation for nearly a year


South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson enlisted the help of a central figure in the Statehouse corruption probe in an attempt to sideline the case's special prosecutor just as the investigation was about to zero in on Wilson’s close allies, according to emails obtained by The Post and Courier

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The emails, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, show Wilson used his private account to coordinate with his embattled political consultant Richard Quinn on an October 2014 letter aimed at derailing the investigation being conducted by Wilson’s handpicked special prosecutor, David Pascoe.



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Emails: SC AG coordinated w key figure in statehouse probe on letter booting special prosecutor (Original Post) kpete Aug 2017 OP
More red state crooks !! KGOP Culture of treason and corruption uponit7771 Aug 2017 #1
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