WILL HE SING? Attorneys for embattled S.C. Rep. Jimmy Merrill have been meeting with prosecutors this week in an effort to negotiate a plea agreement...
WHERE DOES SPECIAL PROSECUTOR’S AUTHORITY END? To say the “hammer fell” earlier this month on S.C. Rep. Jimmy Merrill would be a colossal understatement. The...
THE DEFINITION OF PAY-TO-PLAY … For the better part of the last decade-and-a-half, the S.C. Association of Realtors has been widely regarded as one of...
INDICTED LAWMAKER APPEARS IN COURT … Indicted S.C. Rep. Jimmy Merrill appeared before a state judge on Thursday and was released on a $146,000 personal recognizance...
BOTTOM LINE? IT’S SERIOUS … After more than two years of speculation, there was finally another indictment this week in the ongoing investigation into alleged...
LAWMAKER LATEST TO BE ENSNARED BY ONGOING ANTI-CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION S.C. Rep. Jimmy Merrill has been indicted by a statewide grand jury on “multiple counts,” according to...
BIG BUZZ SURROUNDING STATE HOUSE INVESTIGATION … We’ve previously reported that indictments were imminent in an ongoing probe of alleged corruption at the S.C. State...
ANTI-CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION MOVING OUTSIDE STATE HOUSE WALLS … Multiple sources familiar with the ongoing investigation into alleged corruption in the S.C. General Assembly tell us...