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Alan

Wlson

ATTORNEY GENERAL

March 29, 2016

TheHonorable

Daniel E.

Johnson

Solicitor- Fifth Judicial Circuit

P.O. Box 192

Columbia, SC 29202

Dear

Solicitor

Johnson:

As youmay be aware, yesterday I revoked the authority of Solicitor David Pascoe

in the

matter

concerning

the

redacted

portion

of

the

SLED

report regarding the

Bobby

Harrell

case.

This action was necessary

because

ofour concern that Solicitor

Pascoe

had attempted to usurp

the

authority to initiate

a

State

Grand Jury investigation when

no such

authority

had been

delegated to him

by

the Attorney General.

Moreover, multiple leaks

to

the media

over

the course of

time that

Solicitor Pascoe has

had the case, together

with

the

leaking

of filings to the Supreme

Court

in the litigation the

Solicitor has brought against this office, have caused us to

lose

confidence in Solicitor

Pascoe.

While the Attorney General recused himself from this case, he cannot abdicate his duties to

supervise the

State

Grand Jury

or his

constitutional authority as the state s chiefprosecutor. Had

the Solicitor come to us rather than suing

this

office

on Good Friday,

this

unfortunate

situation

could

have

been

avoided.

Thus, I am now designating you to replace Solicitor Pascoe.

You

have full authority to

review the matter and

this

officewill

fully support

whatever

decision you

deem

appropriate. The

Attorney General

has

authorized

me

to say that

should

you

need

any

investigative

tools,

including the State Grand Jury, please

let

me know and you

will

be given that authority. Our

concern is not about

the

result

of

the

investigation, but

the integrity

of

the process and adherence

to the

rule

of law.

Please

let me know what you need and I

will

do

everything

possible to

provide

it.

Sincerely,

gphn

W. Mcintosh

ChiefDeputy Attorney

General

CC: ChiefMarkKeel,

South

Carolina Law Enforcement

Division

Jim

Parks,

ClerkofCourt,

State

Grand Jury

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