First Circuit Solicitor David Pascoe has announced that the Richland County Grand Jury indicted Robert W. Harrell, Jr., Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives, today on nine charges.
The nine indictments are for two counts of Misconduct in Office (statutory and common law), six counts of Using Campaign Funds for Personal Use, and one count of False Reporting Candidate Campaign Disclosures.
Following the announcement of the indictments, Harrell issued a statement to the media. The house speaker stated that he never “intentionally” violated any law.
“In no way have I ever benefited personally or financially from travel reimbursements from my campaign account. In fact, I have regularly used the privately raised funds from my campaign account to pay for official state travel instead of passing that cost along to taxpayers,” stated Harrell.
Harrell added that he often used his own airplane, at no cost to the taxpayers, for official state travel when he said it would have been completely justifiable to have used the taxpayer-funded state plane instead.
“If over the course of four years, I mistakenly wrote down the wrong date on a handful of items, that is something that can easily be addressed,” Harrell stated.
A bond hearing date has not been set. Mr. Harrell has been provided copies of his indictments but he will be allowed to formally accept service of the true billed indictments and attend his bond hearing on the same date. O
Solicitor Pascoe stated, “At this point in the process, the indictments are mere accusations. Mr. Harrell is presumed innocent until proven guilty.”
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