{"id":1531031,"date":"2022-06-28T15:12:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T19:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1531031"},"modified":"2022-06-28T15:12:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T19:12:28","slug":"south-carolina-lawmaker-in-leaked-audio-strategizes-sleepers-dope-money-to-finance-senate-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-carolina-lawmaker-in-leaked-audio-strategizes-sleepers-dope-money-to-finance-senate-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina Lawmaker in Leaked Audio Strategizes \u2018Sleepers,\u2019 \u2018Dope Money\u2019 to Finance Senate Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-carolina-lawmaker-in-leaked-audio-strategizes-sleepers-dope-money-to-finance-senate-campaign%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1531031&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-south-carolina\">South Carolina<\/a> state lawmaker who was on the June 28 ballot in the Democratic\u00a0U.S. Senate primary runoff has been heard in leaked audio strategizing on how to utilize Democratic \u201csleepers\u201d to run as Republicans in local elections, as well as requesting drug money from a state prison inmate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-project-veritas\">Project Veritas<\/a>, the watchdog organization that obtained the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laralogan\/status\/1541191837339201537\">recording<\/a>, confirmed to The Epoch Times that it verified state Rep. Krystle Matthews was the person speaking with Perry Correctional Institution inmate David Solomon Ballard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we get enough of us in there, we can wreak havoc for real from the inside out,\u201d Matthews is heard saying in the recording, dated Feb. 15.<\/p>\n<p>Inmate phone calls are recorded and those making the call are notified by an operator that calls are recorded.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear what the relationship is between Matthews and Ballard, who in 2018 began a four-year sentence for threatening the life and family of a public official, and a 10-year sentence for resisting arrest and assaulting an officer, with multiple disciplinary actions taken against him since his incarceration. He also has an extensive arrest record.<\/p>\n<p>Ballard had been jailed for threatening the life of Aiken County Sheriff Mike Hunt and his family, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestate.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article192993369.html\">The State<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While in custody at the Aiken County Department of Public Safety, Ballard then assaulted a State Law Enforcement Division agent.<\/p>\n<p> \u2018Secret Sleepers\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>Matthews was elected to state office in 2018 as a representative of District 117.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need some secret sleepers,\u201d she is heard saying. \u201cLike, you need, we need them to run as the other side, even though they for our side, and we need them to win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need people to run as Republicans in these local elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ballard agrees, stating, \u201cRight, right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After discussing how sleepers could \u201cchange the dynamics in South Carolina,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A South Carolina state lawmaker who was on the June 28 ballot in the Democratic\u00a0U.S. Senate primary runoff has been heard in leaked audio strategizing on how to utilize Democratic \u201csleepers\u201d to run as Republicans in local elections, as well as requesting drug money from a state prison inmate. Project Veritas, the watchdog organization that [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":230,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1531031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/230"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1531031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1531031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1531031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1531031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1531031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}