COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court has summoned suspended Hampton County attorney Alex Murdaugh, who remains jailed in Richland County on a slew of financial charges, to its courtroom on June 22 to show cause why he should not be disbarred.
In an order published Thursday, the high court in essence said that Murdaugh’s financial crimes are so great, and he has confessed to some of them, that it is a waste of the court’s investigative arm’s time and resources to investigate them any more.
“Respondent shall appear in the Supreme Court Courtroom at 11:00 a.m. on June 22, 2022, to present legal argument on the question of whether this Court should disbar Respondent from the practice of law,” the court’s order said.
