Title: Former DOJ attorney challenges Joe Wilson for SC Congress | The State
Headings: Former DOJ attorney launches bid for Congress against Joe Wilson
Politics & Government
Former DOJ attorney launches bid for Congress against Joe Wilson
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Content: “What I hear from people in the district is that if they need a ribbon cut or a photo-op, he’s there,” Boroughs said of Wilson. “ But if they need substantive help with something, where is he?” Efforts to reach Wilson’s campaign for comment Wednesday were unsuccessful. Boroughs faces long odds. Wilson has soundly defeated Democratic challengers in the past. Most recently, in 2018, he beat Democrat Sean Carrigan by 13.8 points — even amidst a blue mid-term surge that saw Democrats reclaim control of the U.S. House. Until Tuesday, Boroughs served as the executive director of Charleston Legal Access, a non-profit that assists people who don’t otherwise qualify for free legal aid. She will stay on part time while running for Congress, she said. “Because of Adair, we’ve been able to help a heck of a lot of people,” Patrick Wooten, an attorney and board member at Charleston Legal Access, said in a press release from the Boroughs’ campaign. From 2007 to 2013, the Williston native was an attorney with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., where she prosecuted large-scale tax fraud.