WOW.....this is breaking news today at 5pm.
State Treasurer Thomas Ravenel has been indicted on federal charges of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, federal and state authorities announced at a news conference at SLED headquarters this afternoon.
The Charleston Republican raised millions of dollars to unseat long-term Democratic incumbent Grady Patterson in November.
Ravenel, 44, is a millionaire real estate developer and the son of Arthur Ravenel Jr., a powerful South Carolina politician who served in the General Assembly and the U.S. House.
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First, a SLED agent involved in cockfighting. Then, a Lt. Governor who can't drive the speed limit. Now, a State Treasurer who deals drugs on the side. What next?
Corrupt politicians are a dime a dozen in SC
what is a few lines among friends?
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