COLUMBIA, S.C. — A freshman South Carolina state lawmaker said Wednesday plans to plead guilty to federal charges over the mislabeling of stem cells by a business he once owned.
Rep. Stephen Goldfinch Jr., R-Murrells Inlet, told The Associated Press that he had been cooperating with federal prosecutors in Houston, where he was charged this week with one count of misbranded drugs.
COLUMBIA, S.C. —The House Ethics Committee voted Tuesday to find “probable cause” that state Rep. Bill Chumley violated S.C. ethics laws when he used a state-owned plane to fly a conservative pundit to Columbia to testify before a House subcommittee.
The finding does not mean the Spartanburg Republican is guilty. But the committee – made up of five Democrats and five Republicans – found enough evidence that a violation might have occurred, according to committee chairman Kenny Bingham, R-Lexington.
In March, Chumley authorized $6,390 in taxpayer money to use the state plane to fly Walter Williams, a conservative radio host who occasionally fills in for Rush Limbaugh, to Columbia from Washington, D.C. Williams testified before Chumley’s House subcommittee about H.3101, a bill Chumley wrote that would try to stop the implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act in South Carolina.
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