Team Murdaugh’s Hail-Mary Motion Reveals Juicy Insider Details Of Murder Investigation (171pt1)

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While I breathe, I freaking hope: South Carolina just elected its first woman to the U.S. Senate — and Mandy’s got her spark back. A much needed spark at that, because on the eve of Halloween, attorneys Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin filed their spookiest brief yet ahead of Alex Murdaugh’s pretrial hearing on Friday November 13th in the do-over of his double-murder trial. Now they’re straight-up claiming prosecutorial misconduct by SLED and the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office! Team Murdaugh’s memo supporting their motion to dismiss the indictments was full of the usual soundbite-grabbing lines, indignance and accusations — but this time they went further, attaching some VERY INTERESTING exhibits. On Part One of True Sunlight #171, Investigative Journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell share what they’ve learned from three of the juiciest attachments: SLED Special Agent David Owen’s daily notes — including signs that Alex was so rattled by his final interview, when Owen asked outright if he killed Maggie and Paul, that he appears to have had his mother-in-law call SLED… and mentions of Stephen Smith. In Part Two: the State Grand Jury’s subpoena list and t