South Carolina Statehouse corruption investigation

[1] [2][3][4] Lost Trust directly influenced the passing of South Carolina's Ethics Reform Act of 1991, and led to the restructuring of the state government in 1993.

The Court ruled in favor of Pascoe, giving him “full authority to act as the Attorney General for purposes of the investigation.” From there, members of the State Grand Jury were selected and the investigation proceeded.

[13] Mandy Powers Norrell and Gary Clary, former members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, introduced a campaign finance and ethics reform bill in January 2017.

[23] In October 2018, South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman ruled that the request to publish the State Grand Jury Report on the public corruption investigation should be approved.

While he was not implicated in the corruption probe, McMaster was not immediately able to appoint replacements to retiring board members of the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA).