I missed last week’s editions of the ‘Week In Review’ due to illness, but executive editor Liz Farrell and special projects director Dylan Nolan filled in admirably … so before diving into this week’s news, I wanted to say a quick ‘thank you’ to them for stepping up.
There was a ton of news to cover this week, but I am not naïve enough to think the vast majority of you are here for my incisive political commentary – or even my take on the latest developments in the saga of Bowen Turner, the Orangeburg, S.C. accused teen rapist whose case has exposed any number of systemic flaws within South Carolina’s judicial branch of government.
Although, the Turner story continues driving the news as well as driving behind-the-scenes activity in the corridors of power in the Palmetto State …
Still, the big “get” in this week’s show was my exclusive sit-down interview with attorneys Eric Bland and Ronnie Richter of the Bland Richter law firm.
For many in our audience, Bland and Richter are household names given their ongoing involvement in the ‘Murdaugh Murders’ crime and corruption saga. And while we are only posting one segment from my lengthy conversation with the two lawyers in the ‘Week in Review,’ you won’t have to wait long for the rest.
Look for the full interview with Bland and Richter to be posted tomorrow (Sunday, June 5, 2022) as a standalone video …
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SHOW NOTES …
BOWEN TURNER COMMUNITY FAIL
System’s Failure Built On Community Failure
SC CRIME WAR
Midlands Gang Leaders Meet With Law Enforcement
Feds Roll Out New Violent Crime Strategy In South Carolina
PARTISAN PRIMARY NEWS (DEMOCRATS)
Joe Cunningham Bows To The Pressure
SC Democrats Struggle To Contain ‘Debate-Gate’
PARTISAN PRIMARY NEWS (REPUBLICANS)
Nancy Mace, GOP Allies Unload On Katie Arrington
South Carolina GOP Ballot Questions Face Scrutiny
SC1: Poll Shows Neck-And-Neck Race
SC7: Poll Shows Big Lead For MAGA Challenger
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR …
(Via: FITSNews)
Will Folks is the founding editor of the news outlet you are currently reading. Prior to founding FITSNews, he served as press secretary to the governor of South Carolina. He lives in the Midlands region of the state with his wife and seven children.
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Was this interview coincident with Becky Hill taking office as Colleton County Clerk of Court?
In hindsight, what appeared as coincidences then may not be so now.
But I hope neither John Mobley nor Ever-Bluffing Eric Bland (“EBEB”) is a red line for you, FITS, because neither is likely to advertise on your outlets.
But an MSM removed all comments because I commented on something outrageous their VERY biased guest said.
He fed the frankly stupid conspiracy theory which won’t go away; and that is that Becky Hill was in cahoots with Alex Murdaugh so he can get a new trial when Becky’s misdeeds are discovered.
I previously responded many times, here and on other outlets, that if Becky had been paid by Alex and/or his defense team, then Becky would have pushed the jury to find Alex NOT guilty and been done with it.
Undoubtedly, John Mobley read my responses or heard of them. He came up with what he thought was a brilliant rebuttal. But in reality, his rebuttal is even more stupid that the conspiracy theory itself.
According to John Mobley, Becky Hill was “manna from heaven” because her acts let Alex’s defense team see the Prosecution’s playbook and be better prepared for the next trial.
And let me sur-rebut that in terms John Mobley and his hostess can understand.
Let’s even assume Alex is guilty and he wanted a first trial as a dress rehearsal for a new trial. Why then did Becky Hill machinate so hard to get the one likely hold out juror, the egg juror that is, kicked out before deliberations?
A hung jury would have PERFECTLY served Alex’s supposedly evil purpose of a dress-rehearsal first-trial followed by an ASSURED second trial with the Prosecution’s playbook known in advance, all WITHOUT the expense, effort AND risks of an appeal, the outcome of which is never assured.
That harkens to a confabulation EBEB invented and gave on a show: supposedly, Alex shot Paul because Paul was short and flimsy and would have suffered a lot in prison when convicted and incarcerated for the boat crash case.
Again, let me rebut that in terms even EBEB cannot counter.
Let’s assume Paul was 100% going to get convicted and imprisoned for a long time for the boat crash case. No defense, no reasonable doubt as to who (if any one) was ACTUALLY piloting the boat, no contributory negligence by the other under-age drinkers on that boat, no plea deal, no pre-trial intervention, no mercy by the court, no anything.
And let’s even assume Alex and Maggie were 100% sure of the long imprisonment awaiting Paul.
Why didn’t Alex help Paul escape or fake his own death instead?
Paul did not have to wear an ankle monitor for his bond conditions. And the Murdaughs had remote islands and places for small planes to land. And who better than Alex Murdaugh to procure a fake identify for Paul wherever he flees to?
The stupidity of the theories the Alex haters come up with is matched only by the stupidity of the theories Hatchet-for-Hire Heather came up with to FALSELY arrest me and try me for supposedly harassing my neighbor SUPPOSEDLY because that neighbor would not come to court with me against the landlady we had in common.
Further, Hatchet-for-Hire Heather INSISTED at my trial that said neighbor and supposed “victim” of mine could not go to court as a witness because that would interfere with her work schedule.
The PROBLEM with that is said neighbor was UNEMPLOYED; and Hatchet-for-Hire Heather KNEW IT but REPEATEDLY lied to court about it and suborned her witnesses to perjure themselves about it.
More important than South Carolina’s image to the nation and the world are the consciences of the prosecutors who lie and suborn perjury with impunity and the judges who let them go rogue.