COLOMBIA (AP) – South Carolina’s top prosecutor faces disciplinary action alleging that he supported a “false and frivolous” action that seeks to nullify the results of the 2020 presidential election, accused of helping to fan the flame of the uprising that engulfed the United States Capitol for the last time week.
In a four-page lawsuit with the South Carolina Disciplinary Board Office, Columbia attorney Chris Kenney accused Attorney General Alan Wilson and 16 other Republican Attorneys General of contributing to the chaotic political situation by filing legal challenges. who cast doubt on the integrity of the election, the Post and Courier of Charleston reported Tuesday.
Five people died amid the rebellion of President Donald Trump’s supporters at the Capitol on January 6.
“What is clear is that this attack on Congress was prompted by the executive (President Donald Trump) with the help and comfort of many like Mr. Wilson, who repeated and lent the credibility of his office to the false claim that the presidential election Trump was stolen, “wrote Kenney.
In a statement emailed to the newspaper, Wilson’s spokesman Robert Kittle called the action “pure party politics” and declined to comment further.
Wilson recently recognized Democrat Joe Biden as the legitimate winner of the 2020 elections and said he was unaware of any evidence presented to substantiate allegations of electoral fraud. But last month, Wilson made a request that encouraged the United States Supreme Court to consider a lawsuit filed by the Texas attorney general who contested the election results in four key battlefield states won by Biden, Kenney wrote.
“Mr. Wilson now admits that there is no evidence of what he asked the United States Supreme Court to find and maintain just a month ago,” wrote Kenney. “This amounts to a confession that he violated his obligations as a member of the order and requires punishment, especially in light of the damage he helped to cause.”
Wilson is a former president of the Association of Republican Attorneys General. On Monday, his former aide, Adam Piper, resigned as chief executive of the group amid revelations that he sent a robocall encouraging “patriots” to march on Capitol Hill and demand that Congress override election results.
The call did not advocate violence or suggested that protesters should invade the chambers where federal lawmakers met to certify election results. Thousands of Trump supporters subsequently invaded the Capitol to try to prevent certification.
Wilson said he was “completely oblivious” and disagreed with the group’s involvement.