Rick Quinn Jr.

It was led by special prosecutor David Pasco, the First Circuit solicitor who has been on Cup of Justice and is known for going after good old boys.

All told, the investigation, and despite all the constant roadblocks being thrown up during it, ended with the indictment against a very powerful Republican political strategist named Richard Quinn Sr., and the indictments of six powerful state legislators, which included the former speaker of the House, two former House majority leaders, one of whom was Rick Quinn Jr., senior's son, a former House Judiciary Committee chairman, the former president of the Senate, and a state legislator.

Great, huh? They were accused of various crimes that got pleaded down, naturally, related to the funneling of dark money through the legislature and undisclosed payments made to state lawmakers.

The crux of it is this.

That money would then be used to pay powerful legislators who then worked to advance legislation important to Richard Quinn Sr.'s clients.

It's also worth noting that Quinn's consulting firm also counted Governor Henry McMaster, Senator Lindsey Graham, and current Attorney General and Republican nominee for governor, Alan Wilson, as clients.

Without getting too much in the weeds here, [laughs] and we could really go deep on this one, the drama involving Judge Mullen happened in 2018 when she ignored prosecutor David Pasco's recommendation that Rick Quinn Jr. get jail time, and instead sentenced him to two years of probation, 500 hours of community service, and a $1,000 fine.

According to an Associated Press report from the time, Judge Mullen said, "Mr.