What The Public Wasn’t Told About Alex Murdaugh’s Bond Hearing

You thought Murdaugh was facing 53 charges? Nope.

Before Judge Alison Lee set bond at $7 million for disgraced Hampton County attorney Alex Murdaugh on Monday morning, she took a moment to make a statement about media reports (such as this one here) questioning why she — and not the judge who had been assigned to all of Murdaugh’s criminal cases in an act of good faith by the S.C. Supreme Court — was now presiding over matters.

“The reason I’m presiding and not Judge (Clifton) Newman … is because I’m the presiding judge of the state grand jury.”

In other words, this is legal. This is normal. Why are you reading into it? This is how it’s always worked. Stop thinking there’s corruption around every corner.

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