Charges of illegal robo-calls against Ard campaign consultant dismissed
COLUMBIA — Charges against a GOP political consultant of making illegal robo-calls in the run-up to Election Day in 2010 have been dismissed.
Robert Cahaly, a former campaign adviser to former Lt. Gov. Ken Ard, was arrested by the S.C. Law Enforcement Division in November 2010 and charged with making illegal robo-calls to potential voters.
Some of those voters lived in districts that included parts of Folly Beach, James Island, Dorchester County and Charleston County.
The First Circuit Solicitor’s Office was tasked with prosecuting the case after the S.C. Attorney General’s Office recused itself.
But an assistant solicitor with the office said Friday that prosecutors didn’t think the statutes SLED cited applied, and didn’t think a successful case could be made against Cahaly.
Read more in tomorrow’s editions of The Post and Courier. Reach Stephen Largen at 864-641-8172 and follow him on Twitter @stephenlargen.
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