Allen admits guilt in illegal calls case
Last year, a goodly number of phone calls went out in Aiken County, illegal robocalls in support of Sen. Greg Ryberg and House candidate Scott Singer in the Republican primaries. Ryberg never needed the help, as much as it was, and Singer lost to Rep. Tom Young. Law enforcement got involved and former Aiken GOP board member Ginny Allen was arrested.
It looks like she’s not going to get much in the way of legal punishment, sending out her statement admitting guilt as a part of her pre-trial intervention program.
“I regret my participation in the negative campaign tactics surrounding the automated robo-calls during the recent state Senate race, and I want to be very clear that Sen. Ryberg had no knowledge or any involvement,” Allen wrote in the letter carbon copied to Solicitor Strom Thurmond Jr. and her defense attorney Greg Harlow.
Investigators said Allen manipulated the caller ID to show the number of “REI Incorporated,” a business owned and operated by Sen. Ryberg but did not have the senator’s permission to do so.
“The apology appears to be sincere, it lays out exactly what happened,” Ryberg said of the letter, Tuesday. “As far as I’m concerned, it’s behind us.” The South Carolina Senator said he felt PTI was appropriate for the case.
