Jenny Sanford

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faces ethics charges he broke state laws more than three dozen times by violating rules on airplane travel and campaign money, according to details of the allegations released Monday. It's up to the state attorney general to decide whether to file criminal charges. Sanford's lawyers have claimed the allegations involve minor and technical aspects of the law. The second-term Republican governor has been under scrutiny since he vanished for five days over the summer, reappearing to tearfully admit to an extramarital affair with a woman in Argentina he later called his "soul mate." A series of Associated Press investigations ... Read Full Story

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will face an ethics panel to answer charges that he may have violated state law, which his lawyer said would give the once-popular politician a chance to present his side in an investigation into his travel and campaign finance practices. The State Ethics Commission ruled Wednesday that the governor would have a hearing early next year, but did not provide details of its decision or the specific charges the governor would face. The decision came after the commission's three-month investigation into Sanford's use of state, commercial and private airplanes and his campaign funds. Questions about Sanford's state travel arose ... Read Full Story

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford pauses during a hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee on Capitol Hill October 29, 2008 in Washington, DC. The hearing was focused on economic recovery and job creation through investment. (Getty Images) more pics » Jenny Sanford did not stand by her man. DON'T MISS NY Times Columnist Calls Sanford 'A Complete Loony' Sanford Admits Affair With Argentinian Woman Maria Belen Shapur South Carolina Governor's Office: Sanford Wasn't Missing, He Was Hiking To those accustomed to watching betrayed first ladies smile stiffly through their husbands' public confessions, the absence of Gov. Mark Sanford 's wife at the ... Read Full Story

AP - Gov. Mark Sanford's tearful confession that he quietly disappeared from the state for five days to rendezvous with his lover in Argentina has shattered his marriage and dimmed his once-bright political future. Read Full Story

A South Carolina legislator says he will introduce a resolution to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford when lawmakers return next week for a special session on unemployment benefits. Republican Rep. Greg Delleney said Tuesday he expects the measure will be sent to a committee and will get impeachment proceedings started. There are no plans for now for the full Legislature to take up impeachment before the regular session resumes in January. Leaders of the South Carolina Republican Party and 61 of 72 GOP House members who will deal with impeachment have called on their fellow Republican to resign. Delleney's resolution says Sanford ignored his responsibilities ... Read Full Story