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Moncks Corner Lawmaker, Rep. Edward Southard, Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations

MONCKS CORNER, S.C.–State Rep. Edward Southard of Moncks Corner resigned from the House on Wednesday. The move comes not long after learning that a sexual harassment allegation involving a female Statehouse page had been filed against him. His lawyers, Bakari Sellers and  J. Preston Strom, Jr., released the lawmaker’s resignation to the media: “After much deliberation, I submitted my resignation to the S.C. […]