Thursday, October 23, 2014

S.C. House Speaker To Resign, Plead Guilty To Ethics, Misconduct Charges

S.C. House Speaker To Resign, Plead Guilty To Ethics, Misconduct Charges

"The Charleston Republican is facing nine charges including two counts of misconduct in office, six counts of using campaign funds for personal use, and one count of false reporting candidate campaign disclosures.

Harrell was released on bond in late September after facing allegations that he doctored flight records, reimbursed himself for flights that he didn't take and unlawfully paid himself tens of thousands of dollars from his campaign account."