Panel says official broke law 37 times
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, whose tryst with an Argentine lover blossomed into a wide-ranging scandal, is accused of breaking ethics laws by using taxpayer money for pricey airline seats, taking state planes for personal and political trips and occasionally tapping his campaign chest to reimburse himself for travel.
The details of civil charges against the Republican governor were released Monday. He has been under scrutiny since he vanished for five days over the summer, reappearing to admit to an extramarital affair with a woman he later called his "soul mate.” The civil charges, which carry a maximum $74,000 in fines, stem from a three-month investigation by the state ethics commission. The state attorney general is deciding whether to file criminal charges. The ethics charges include 18 instances in which Sanford is accused of improperly buying first- and business-class airline tickets, violating state law requiring lowest-cost travel; nine times of improperly using state- owned aircraft for travel to political and personal events, including a stop at a discount hair salon; and 10 times he improperly reimbursed himself with campaign cash.
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