South Carolina GOP says governor must go; Sanford fires back [View All]

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Source: WFAE

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This week, 61 of the 72 Republicans in the state House of Representatives urged Sanford to resign. A major of state senators also want him to step down.

But Sanford is fighting back.

"I'll use every tool in the toolbox," says Sanford. "We will use legal action if necessary."

Sanford held a press conference Thursday to accuse the General Assembly of trying to circumvent an ongoing investigation by the State Ethics Commission.

"We have a real problem if members of the General Assembly are going to try to influence and truncate an ethics committee process so they can get the intended result that they want and use it for impeachment," said Sanford.


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