A court reporter assigned to the judge in the Statehouse corruption probe has been removed from the case after an online comment critical of the special prosecutor was posted on social media, court administration officials said. At issue is a comment posted Feb. 17 on The State newspaper's website. It ran beneath an article detailing Solicitor David Pascoe's objections to the way Circuit Judge Carmen Mullen handled the sentencing of former House Majority Leader Rick Quinn. Quinn received probation after pleading guilty to an ethical misconduct charge. Pascoe wants to see Quinn serve a year behind bars. The comment, which took a dim view of Pascoe's position, appears to have been posted from the Facebook account of Wanda Rowe, a Beaufort-based court reporter assigned to Mullen. Among other things, Rowe recorded and.....MORE
