SC House explores impeachment of solicitor over handling of high-profile murder cases

By: Jessica Holdman

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: February 17, 2026

Words: 1,593

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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COLUMBIA — A hardline faction of the state House’s GOP supermajority wants to impeach the Democratic chief prosecutor for two Midlands counties. It’s unclear whether legislators even have that authority.

So, a House Judiciary panel voted Tuesday to find out.

Members of the House Freedom Caucus accuse 5th Circuit Solicitor Byron Gipson of misconduct in office and breach of the public trust over the handling of a pair of headline-grabbing murder cases over the past …

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