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 consultants son
AGs 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 Wilsons 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 Wilsons handpicked special prosecutor, David Pascoe.
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