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Marshall Sanford: “I let them down by creating fiction with regard to where I was going which means that I had then in turn given as much…”

On the recordJune 23, 2009
I let them down by creating fiction with regard to where I was going which means that I had then in turn given as much as they relied on that information let down people that I represent across this state.
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Marshall Sanford
South Carolina

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Sanford acknowledges misleading his staff and constituents about his whereabouts.

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