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Judicial Reform in SC – the Chad Connelly (false) Sworn Affidavit
See the below example of needed judicial reform and how a SC Court ruled on a (false) sworn affidavit
We have had a ton of people reach out to us about our October 6th article showing one example of why we need judicial reform … The Appeal of Davis v. Leupp (HERE) … but if you enjoyed that, wait until you see the below example of needed judicial reform and how a SC Court ruled on a (false) sworn affidavit for a politically connected player … Chad Connelly.
Perjury is a CRIME, right? A felony, right? YES, yes it is!!!
2024 SC Judicial Reform
Know that Judicial Reform is the talk of political circles right now … and folks will be pushing it hard in 2024 from both the Right & the Left. What we have seen talked about so far are relative half measures … i.e., changing the composition of the Judicial Merit Selection Committee (JMSC) – not getting rid of the JMSC entirely and not “real” judicial reform. But we suspect there will be much more to talk about than little tweaks as voters learn exactly how bad it is in our SC Courts. Stay tuned …
A Head Scratcher Example
It has been THREE years now … and still ongoing … but this example starts with a February 12th, 2020, Declaratory Judgment Lawsuit filed simply asking the SC Courts to:
1. IMMEDIATELY STOP Chad Connelly & his Board from taking out excessive administrative fees from the 100% government run non-profit Exceptional SC (our state’s failed and Nation’s worst rated K-12 school choice program) … and
2. DECLARE exactly how the law is supposed to be interpreted as the SC Department of Revenue was not enforcing the law as directed and K-12 children with special needs were suffering.
The problem … Chad Connelly, the former SCGOP Chairman, current Newberry County GOP State EC, Drew McKissick’s mentor, and buddy to Attorney General Alan Wilson and a ton of other legislators … filed a false sworn affidavit with the SC Court in Newberry essentially saying that if the Court cut off his personal $11,300 / month payment and other overhead expenses, children would suffer as he was doing much better at that time and had raised $1,045,000 in the past 21 days thus justifying his fee and going over the established legal limits for administrative overhead.
Say what??? Yes, we were equally perplexed as you can’t break the law just because you are Chad Connelly … or can you??? The law is the law and has to be followed, right???
THE LIE / PERJURY: Even worse … Chad and Exceptional SC had not raised $1,045,000 over the applicable past 21-day period as Chad falsely swore in his affidavit. Documents later surfaced that he had only procured $99,201 in non-binding “pledges”, not even donations, and nowhere close to $1,045,000 in the cash donations Chad claimed while under SC Department of Revenue supervision!!!
No, we did not believe the original sworn affidavit … but once we got the proof we filed a MOTION FOR PERJURY, CONTEMPT, AND SANCTIONS FOR FALSE AFFIDAVIT. How did the Newberry Court rule? The Court refused to do anything … simply saying they “did not rely” on the false sworn affidavit in ruling that I, as plaintiff and a donor to Exceptional SC, did not have standing to file the declaratory judgment lawsuit. Those two rulings are under appeal right now (see legal filings below).
Seriously??? The Court “did not rely” upon the perjured Sworn Affidavit Chad Connelly filed with the Court … so it is OK and he gets a pass???
The Court may not have “relied” upon the false & perjured Sworn Affidavit … but it was false, it was perjury, and it was filed with the SC Court in an effort to defeat the Declaratory Judgement Lawsuit … keep his $11,300 monthly payments coming … and it was filed to cover up the wrongdoing. However, we did not quit and found the PROOF that it was false. #NeverSURRENDER!
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO YOU? What do you think would have happened if you or I filed a false sworn affidavit with a SC Court? I can assure you I would probably be in jail to this day. But not the politically connected Chad Connelly … he is buddies with Governor McMaster & Lt. Governor Pamela Evette … so he slides by … or will he? Well that is not right and that is not equal application of the law … hence, our needed SC JUDICIAL REFORM!!!
Perjury is a CRIME
Yes, perjury is a crime and a serious crime … in fact it is a Class F “felony” with up to 5 years in prison … and nowhere in the law does it state that it is ok to disregard perjury just because the Court “did not rely” upon the false sworn affidavit.
SLED Investigation
Oh … it get’s worse. What was even more serious here was the fact that at the time, Chad Connelly was also under SC State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) investigation for a complaint I filed alleging EMBEZZELMENT. Chad and the Exceptional SC Board were taking out more money in overhead expenses … significantly more … and technically that appears to read as EMBEZZELMENT.
See the image and description below. What do you think?
And don’t forget … Chad had me “barred” from the SC State Executive Committee Meetings because he said I lied about him being under SLED investigation … and I’m still banned from those meetings to this day even though I am the duly elected State Executive Committeeman from the Greenville County Republican Party … all for TELLING THE TRUTH. (HERE)
So, was Chad trying to cover up a crime? It appears so to me … but what will “career prosecutors” at the Attorney General’s Office say?
AG to Prosecute?
Tomorrow we will have for you what law enforcement and SC Attorney General Alan Wilson’s Office has to say about prosecuting this case … stay tuned. 😉
LEGAL FILINGS:
Record on Appeal v01 (all the case filings): HERE
Record on Appeal v02: HERE
Appellant Davis’ Final Brief: HERE
Respondent Connelly, et al. Final Brief: HERE
Appellant Davis’ Final Reply: HERE
2022-02-11 – FOIA Response – SLED Report: HERE
Case Update
Huge WIN!: Just to put everything in perspective, the original case itself was technically dismissed due to “standing” (sound familiar?) and is currently under appeal (including this perjury issue) … but the end result is that we “won” as Chad Connelly, the Executive Director & Tom Persons, the Chairman were both let go / resigned (to put it kindly) from Exceptional SC (the Nation’s worst rated K-12 private school choice program) in July 2020 during and because of this case. Although we had been telling the SC Department of Revenue and legislators that Chad Connelly was violating the law … nothing was done until we filed this lawsuit and brought more public attention to the matter.
Good news for the kids … bad news for the witnessing of exactly how corrupt our system is.
Dum spiro spero
(“While I breathe, I hope”)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR …
Jeff Davis is co-founder of mySCGOP.com . Jeff is a ’89 graduate of The Citadel and in 1993 received his Law/MBA from USC. A tax attorney / CPA licensed in Georgia, Jeff is an uncompromised school choice advocate for K-12 children with special needs. Originally from Charleston, and having practiced in Atlanta, Jeff and his wife Olga now live in Greenville. Jeff completed his two year term as Greenville County Republican Party Chairman and is currently serving as GCRP State Executive Committeeman.
– by Jeff Davis
There is a lot of “chatter” going around social media about “why” the Pickens County Republican Party (PCRP) and their 24 State Delegates were refused to be seated by the SCGOP State Convention Credentialling Committee on the evening of Friday, May 2nd, 2025.
A draconian move to say the least … even “if” the allegations are true … but the reality is this is just one more example in the series of “fabrications” to protect Drew McKissick, the SCGOP RINO “establishment” … and he monied special interest and their political consultants that are all selling out South Carolina and The People.
What is the fabricated list: (1) The 2021 Greenville ReOrg Fraud, (2) the December 2021 barring of Jeff Davis, as GCRP Chairman, from the State EC Meetings, (3) the fabricated stealing of the Oconee GOP, (4) the violation of HORRY GOP resignation retractions, (5) the attempted steal & takeover of the Greenville 2023 ReOrg, (6) the 2nd barring of Jeff Davis, as GCRP State EC, from the State EC meetings, (7) the Lexington GOP steal from Chair Pamela Godwin, (8) the Congressional District 01 steal from Chair Cynthia Jones, (9) the Congressional District 04 stealing of the Chair position, (10) the 2025 steal of the Charleston GOP Convention via voice votes … and now (11) the failure to seat the 24 anti-Drew delegates from Pickens.
Have we missed a few? Probably. It is hard to keep up with the fabrications.
Anyhow … very few people have actually seen the official documents from the PCRP Challenge … so here they are.
Take a look for yourself. Do you see anything that says anywhere that the former PCRP Chairman artificially capped the county convention delegates to 400? There are 33 pages of EXHIBITS … a ton of paper … but none state that the county delegates were being artificially capped at the 400 person room capacity.
The PCRP has put out there own initial response (HERE) … maybe that will help … and they have also posted the video appeal to the SCGOP convention body by duly elected PCRP State Executive Committeewoman Rhonda Billingsley (HERE). Rhonda did a great job, but it fell on deaf ears Saturday morning.
One theory … this has nothing to do with the PCRP 2025 ReOrg & County convention … it is payback for the 6-minutes of BOOING Senate Lindsey Graham at the July 2nd, 2023, TRUMP Rally in Pickens (HERE).
FEEDBACK: You decide. Is this Lindsey Graham payback? Review the documents yourself. Do you see something we are missing? We don’t see it … but if you do, send us an email to team@mySCGOP.com.
Pickens Challenge Email – PDF (HERE)
Pickens Exhibits – PDF (HERE)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR …
Jeff Davis is co-founder of mySCGOP.com. Jeff is a ’89 graduate of The Citadel and in 1993 received his Law/MBA from USC. A tax attorney / CPA licensed in Georgia, Jeff is an uncompromised school choice advocate for K-12 children with special needs. Originally from Charleston, and having practiced in Atlanta, Jeff and his wife Olga now live in Greenville. Jeff completed his two year term as Greenville County Republican Party Chairman and is currently serving as GCRP State Executive Committeeman.
Jeff is also “barred” from attending the SCGOP State Executive Committee Meetings (HERE). Why? Because he dared to run against Drew McKissick for SCGOP Chairman – coming in 2nd with Drew only being reelected by 1.8% (HERE & HERE) – and in September 2021 he told the State Executive Committee that Chad Connelly had been under SLED investigation for a year and a half … and it was true (HERE & HERE).
Send us your opinion on this great debate … and how you would like to see it solved … by emailing us at team@mySCGOP.com.
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Make a Charitable Donation TODAY: HERE
– by Jeff Davis
It is a saying that has only been around for about 2,500 years, but one of the main principles of WAR is to “Know Yourself, Know Your Enemy”.
Sun Tzu (HERE), the the great Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer, said it best …
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
– Sun Tzu, The Art of War – 512 BC
Now, realize Sun Tzu was speaking a bit deeper as it relates to knowing your strengths and weaknesses, as well as those of your enemy … but it is also important to know exactly “who” your enemy is … by name.
Being able to identify the enemy has been a failure of the America First movement in South Carolina in that many of us are new to the scene. We believe them when they tell us what we want to hear, and we believe them when they tell us they are Christians and quote a Bible verse. WE believe them because we can not comprehend someone we know and see at the grocery store would outright lie to us. #WakeUP!!!
As Steve Bannon says … “They have been lying to us, and we have had a belly full of it.“
Now Bannon was talking about the Fake New Media … but the same statement applies to the SCGOP RINO establishment.
So step one … from the SCGOP Convention on May 3rd, 2025 … here is the list of DREW MCKISSICK supporters that was printed out and sitting on all the chairs. This is GOLD!!! This is your initial list of all the people that need to be PURGED from the SCGOP, with extreme prejudice.
Steve Bannon also said that if you were not prepared to go to jail in this fight, you are not ready for this fight. Well, likewise again, if you are not prepared to PURGE these folks from the SCGOP … you are not ready for this fight either.
[NOTE: I will give one caveat … and it is the exception, not the rule. There are some on this list that simply don’t know. They have been duped. Everyone is entitled to REPENT and correct their way, but they must do it openly and honestly … and with full knowledge. Otherwise, they should all on this list “sit out” of politics for a cycle or two in order to reflect on their actions. A few years on the sideline might wake them up to how compromised they have turned the SCGOP.]
We all know the SCGOP is flawed organization … controlled by the monied special interest and their political consultants. Isn’t now the time to, as TRUMP told us … FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!!!
Thank you President Donald J. TRUMP … and thank you Sun Tzu … and thank you to whomever had the idea to publish this list. Again, it’s GOLD!!!
Drew McKissick Flier – PDF (HERE)
Drew McKissick Flier – PDF (HERE)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR …
Jeff Davis is co-founder of mySCGOP.com. Jeff is a ’89 graduate of The Citadel and in 1993 received his Law/MBA from USC. A tax attorney / CPA licensed in Georgia, Jeff is an uncompromised school choice advocate for K-12 children with special needs. Originally from Charleston, and having practiced in Atlanta, Jeff and his wife Olga now live in Greenville. Jeff completed his two year term as Greenville County Republican Party Chairman and is currently serving as GCRP State Executive Committeeman.
Jeff is also “barred” from attending the SCGOP State Executive Committee Meetings (HERE). Why? Because he dared to run against Drew McKissick for SCGOP Chairman – coming in 2nd with Drew only being reelected by 1.8% (HERE & HERE) – and in September 2021 he told the State Executive Committee that Chad Connelly had been under SLED investigation for a year and a half … and it was true (HERE & HERE).
Send us your opinion on this great debate … and how you would like to see it solved … by emailing us at team@mySCGOP.com.
SUSTAINING & INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS:
Make a Charitable Donation TODAY: HERE
The 2025 Precinct ReOrg process is now over … but #ReOrg2027 is right around the corner.
One thing we were taught at a young age … save your paperwork. For those of you at the convention, did you keep all those papers? For those not at the convention … wouldn’t you like to see the paperwork?
Below are the (1) Agenda, (2) Standing Rules & (3) Resolution Packet.
We hope you enjoy … and will use this valuable information to #WIN in 2027 for the MAGA America First movement!!!
A developing movement … stay tuned …
2025 SCGOP Convention Agenda (PDF): HERE
2025 SCGOP Convention Standing Rules (PDF): HERE
2025 SCGOP Convention Resolutions Packet (PDF): HERE
The 2025 Precinct ReOrg process is now over. It was a raucous 2025 SCGOP State Convention this past Saturday, May 3rd at the Columbia Convention Center. Free biscuits and coffee from Senator Lindsey Graham did not soothe the frustrations of the MAGA America First contingent … especially after their favorite Pickens County was disqualified over a “fabricated” infraction designed to take 24 anti-Drew McKissick votes off the table. (More to come on Pickens – but see the FITSNews Article: HERE.)
As in 2023 … the SCGOP “establishment” pulled every trick in the book.
Many first timers to the SCGOP convention witnessed with their own eyes the tyranny of the old guard establishment and their complete lack of respect for SC citizens. Many first timers witnessed not a single elected official in attendance stopping the overt ramrodding of the America FIRST SC Patriots … and in fact many of them celebrated it. Now Patriots know … and they saw firsthand Lt. Governor Pamela Evette & Attorney General Alan Wilson turn a blind eye to 45%+ of the body. It certainly won’t help them in the voting booth next June 9th, 2026 in the Governor’s Race … if they make it that far.
Regardless, Drew McKissick slipped back in by 103 votes, not near as close as the 16 votes of the 2023 SCGOP State Convention (HERE) … but after all the tricks pulled in Charleston, Lexington, Georgetown, PICKENS and other counties … what were we to expect.
Yes, some are licking their wounds (for a day or two) … but most are more motivated than ever.
We will be profiling more this week on the events of the 2025 SCGOP State Convention, so stay tuned … but in the interim, below are the County by County results in the top two and most critical races.
Temporary President Race: Jay Ragley (54.3%) vs. Rep. Jordan Pace (45.7%)
Chairman Race: Drew McKissick (55.7%) vs. Lee Bright (41.3%) vs. Denny Floyd (3.0%)
A developing movement … stay tuned …
SCGOP Temp President & Chairman Race Analysis PDF: HERE
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