Tag: Richard Quinn

Courson and Rick Quinn are among four lawmakers to resign from office after guilty pleas in the probe. As part of his deal, Richard Quinn, who represented some of South Carolina’s most influential politicians, businesses and state agencies, agreed to testify before a state grand jury. Then he helped draft a letter that Wilson sent to Pascoe suggesting that the attorney general take back control of the probe. The other perjury allegations against Quinn came from cases involving Statehouse lawmakers. Quinn said Harrison worked on campaigns, including having a “major role” in McCain’s presidential runs in 2000 and 2008, along with doing some legal work, according to the indictment. But other grand jury witnesses said Harrison did not perform legal or campaign work. Courson said the money covered personal payments made for campaign expenses over his three decades in office. According to the indictment, Quinn contradicted his daughter in his own testimony, saying allegations that his firm pocketed some of the money from Courson’s Senate account were not accurate “at least from our perspective.” Quinn also said he had did not know about the payments to Courson at first and did not know why Courson was not reimbursing himself directly. While he was in office, Rick Quinn received pay from his own firm Mail Marketing Strategies, Richard Quinn testified. And Rick Quinn discussed happenings at the Statehouse with his father’s clients and helped in RQ&A’s political consulting work, the indictment said.