South Carolina Giuliani Campaign Chairman Charged With Cocaine Distribution

From The Associated Press, 6/19/07:

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/13532310/detail.html

S.C. Treasurer Thomas Ravenel Charged With Cocaine Distribution

COLUMBIA, S.C. --

South Carolina Treasurer Thomas Ravenel was indicted Tuesday by a

federal grand jury for distribution of cocaine.

The indictments accuse Ravenel and another man of distributing less

than 500 grams of cocaine starting in late 2005.

Ravenel was a rising political star elected treasurer in 2006.

He started his political career two years earlier, finishing a close

third in the Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat while funding

his own campaign.

Ravenel was founder of the Ravenel Development Corp., a commercial

real estate development company.

His father, Arthur Ravenel Jr. was a powerful politician from

Charleston who served eight years in the U.S. House and is a former

state representative and state senator.

Thomas Ravenel is the state chairman for former New York mayor Rudy

Giuliani's presidential campaign.

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