South Carolina Comptroller General facing call for impeachment after .5 billion error

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) — South Carolina's Comptroller General could be facing impeachment after a $3.5 billion error was revealed. Richard Eckstr...

March 2, 2023
11:48 PM

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) — South Carolina's Comptroller General could be facing impeachment after a $3.5 billion error was revealed. Richard Eckstrom recently told the state Senate Finance Committee that state's Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports had double-counted and overstated how much cash the state had in its coffers for the past 10 years — to the tune of $3.5 billion. Republican Rep. Gil Gatch of Summerville filed a resolution today requesting the state House Judiciary Committee look into whether Eckstrom should be impeached.

Mariah Ross