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- ↑ "SC Lawmaker Rick Quinn Jr. Pleads Guilty to Misconduct". WLTX. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
- ↑ "Rep. Rick Quinn Indicted for Misconduct, Suspended from Office". WLTX. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
- ↑ "Powerful Consultant Quinn indicted, four others charged". The State. October 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-10-19.
- ↑ Smith, Glenn. "Former S.C. House Majority Leader Rick Quinn gets probation in misconduct case". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
- ↑ JOHN MONK (February 13, 2018). "Ex-Rep. Rick Quinn gets probation, community service in State House corruption case". thestate.com.
- ↑ Shain, Andy (October 2019). "Why Rick Quinn's Statehouse corruption case landed in SC Supreme Court". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
