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☆ Motive Sought in Monterey Park Shooting as Families Mourn Victims
  + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The Alex Murdaugh Murder Trial: What to Know About the Case Former South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh is set to go on trial, accused of murdering his wife and son in 2021. WSJ’s Valerie Bauerlein explains what you need to know about the case. Photo Illustration: Ryan Trefes
☆ South Carolina Supreme Court justice’s retirement likely leaves all-male bench
  + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Bracey Harris | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +7 min
Kaye Hearn, a justice on South Carolina’s Supreme Court, wrote the majority opinion this month that struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban. Two women, Court of Appeals Judges Stephanie McDonald and Aphrodite Konduros, were initially in the running for Hearn’s seat but withdrew Tuesday. (The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, the state’s highest court for criminal cases, also has an all-male bench; the Oklahoma Supreme Court, which hears civil cases, has both female and male justices.) In 1988, Toal was elected to the South Carolina Supreme Court. Hearn, who was elected to the state’s Court of Appeals in 1995, joined her on the bench in 2010.
☆ Alex Murdaugh, disgraced South Carolina lawyer accused of killing wife and son, faces new legal trouble
  + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +4 min
Prosecutors said Murdaugh, 54, made nearly $14 million as a lawyer over nine years, but also stole nearly $7 million from his law firm at the same time. The latest indictments bring the total number of charges against the disgraced attorney to more than 100. In his best year, Murdaugh reported making $5.3 million in 2013 after making $2.4 million the year before. Murdaugh said he made just $219,000 in 2017 and only $1.6 million over the next two years, according to the indictment. Murdaugh and his family were the biggest players in the legal scene in tiny Hampton County.
☆ South Carolina lawyer accused of killing family indicted for tax evasion
  + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Tyler Clifford | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Alex Murdaugh, 54, the scion of a South Carolina legal dynasty, is accused of willful attempt to evade state taxes on millions of dollars in income between 2011 and 2019. The new charges are in addition to dozens of state charges, including embezzlement and murder, brought by a Colleton County grand jury. Murdaugh is accused of fraudulently making nearly $7 million, which was left off on annual tax filings with the state, according to the indictment. He is suspected of skipping out on more than $486,800 in payments owed to South Carolina. He faces two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon in connection with the murders.
☆ Mark Meadows Ordered to Testify in Georgia Election Probe
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Jan Wolfe | Cameron Mcwhirter | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A judge has ordered Mark Meadows , former President Donald Trump’s final chief of staff, to testify before a special grand jury in Atlanta investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, a spokesman for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said. A state court judge in Pickens County, S.C., ruled that Mr. Meadows is a necessary witness in the investigation, rejecting arguments by the former Trump adviser that he isn’t required under South Carolina law to testify.
☆ Former Trump aide Mark Meadows ordered to testify in Georgia election-meddling probe
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
A South Carolina judge on Wednesday ordered former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to comply with a Georgia grand jury subpoena demanding his testimony in a probe into potential criminal meddling in the 2020 presidential election. The order came a day after a lawyer for the former South Carolina congressman Meadows said the subpoena issued by the Fulton County grand jury should be blocked for multiple reasons. The grand jury is investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to get Georgia election officials to effectively reverse the victory in that state by President Joe Biden. Georgia authorities had to ask a judge in South Carolina to compel Meadows to comply with the subpoena because he is not a resident of Georgia. He said that South Carolina law related to securing the attendance of witnesses for another state in a criminal proceeding would not apply to the one issued for his client.
☆ Former Trump aide Mark Meadows asks South Carolina judge to block Georgia grand jury subpoena in election-meddling probe
  + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows asked a South Carolina judge to block a subpoena demanding his testimony before a Georgia grand jury investigating possible criminal interference in the 2020 presidential election. Meadows' request Monday afternoon came hours after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas temporarily delayed a similar subpoena that the same grand jury issued to Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. Meadows, a former Republican congressman, resides in South Carolina. Bannister said the subpoena was moot because it had required Meadows' appearance before the grand jury on Sept. 27. The grand jury in this case does not have the power to criminally charge individuals but can recommend charges.
☆ Clarence Thomas temporarily shielded Lindsey Graham from testifying before a Georgia grand jury investigating attempts to overturn the 2020 election
  + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Justice Thomas briefly froze an order calling on Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify in a Georgia 2020 election probe. Last week, Graham filed an emergency application to block his testimony before an Atlanta grand jury. Graham was one of the lawmakers who asked the state's top election official to question absentee ballots, per a WaPo report. But last week's appeal to the Supreme Court wasn't Graham's first attempt to avoid testifying before the Atlanta grand jury. In a 23-page order filed in September, a federal judge rejected Graham's immunity claim, saying she was "unpersuaded by the breadth of Senator Graham's argument."
☆ Justice Clarence Thomas Blocks Georgia Subpoena of Sen. Lindsey Graham
  + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Jess Bravin | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
Sen. Lindsay Graham (R., S.C.) says he is shielded from cooperation with a Georgia grand jury by the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause. WASHINGTON—Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday temporarily blocked a Georgia grand jury from compelling Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify in its probe of efforts to subvert President Biden’s 2020 election victory in the state, while the Supreme Court considers the South Carolina lawmaker’s claim that he has congressional immunity from the investigation. The district attorney in Fulton County, Ga., which includes the state capital of Atlanta, has been investigating alleged efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to steal victory from Mr. Biden by pressuring election officials to alter the vote count. Mr. Graham, who like Mr. Trump denies wrongdoing, telephoned Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger following the election.
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