 BUSTED: South Carolina Trump Adviser Gets Slapped With 30 Counts Of Ethics ViolationsWe can probably expect more Donald Trump lackies to be hit with ethics violations over the next four years.South Carolina GOP state Rep. Jim Merrill was hired by Trump in 2015 to serve as an adviser for his campaign in the notoriously conservative state.Predictably, Trump ended up winning the state. But Merrill is about to win a trip to prison after prosecutor David Pascoe officially charged him with 30 counts of ethics violations and misconductAccording to The State, Merrill is being accused of using his political office to receive over $1 million through his company, Greechie Communications, or directly.Merrill is accused of failing to disclose contributions and expenditures made to and from the House GOP Caucus operating account and improperly using that account for campaign purposes. That failure allowed Merrill to collect $164,564 from the House Republican Caucus without without accountability between Jan. 1, 2005 and Dec. 31, 2008, according to prosecutors.Merrill is charged with using his office for financial gain as a House member for receiving $108,169 to Geechie Communications from the GOP caucus just from Jan. 1, 2010 through Dec. 31, 2011.He is accused of using his position from 2005-2008 while serving as House GOP leader to direct $82,515 from the caucus to his PR firm.In addition, the indictment alleges Merrill directed $186,332 from the caucus to Geechie Communications, in excess of the fair market value for services it rendered between 2008 and 2010.In addition, Merrill  illegally received payments totaling at least $276,561 from the S.C. House Republican Caucus  through multiple accountsAnd those are just the tip of the iceberg.As it turns out Pascoe had to fight in court to keep the investigation because Attorney General Alan Wilson attempted to help Merrill, who happens to be his friend, by trying to assign another prosecutor to the case.This isn t the first time Trump has hired people who have since been charged with committing crimes.A Trump campaign staffer in Michigan was convicted of election fraud late last month.It makes one wonder just how many criminals Trump hired to help him win and how many will be in his administration.Featured Image: Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesNews
busted south carolina trump adviser gets slapped with counts of ethics violations probably expect donald trump lacking hit ethics violations next four carolina gop state jim merriam hired trump serve adviser campaign notoriously conservative trump ended winning state but merriam win trip prison prosecutor david paste officially charged counts ethics violations misconductaccording the state merriam accused using political office receive million company greece communications accused failing disclose contributions expenditures made house gop caucus operating account improperly using account campaign purposes that failure allowed merriam collect house republican caucus without without accountability according charged using office financial gain house member receiving geechie communications gop caucus accused using position serving house gop leader direct caucus pr addition indictment alleges merriam directed caucus geechie communications excess fair market value services rendered addition merriam illegally received payments totaling least house republican caucus multiple accountant tip turns paste fight court keep investigation attorney general alan wilson attempted help merriam happens friend trying assign another prosecutor first time trump hired people since charged committing trump campaign staffer michigan convicted election fraud late last makes one wonder many criminals trump hired help win many image spencer imagenes
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT:  BUSTED: South Carolina Trump Adviser Gets Slapped With 30 Counts Of Ethics ViolationsWe can probably expect more Donald Trump lackies to be hit with ethics violations over the next four years.South Carolina GOP state Rep. Jim Merrill was hired by Trump in 2015 to serve as an adviser for his campaign in the notoriously conservative state.Predictably, Trump ended up winning the state. But Merrill is about to win a trip to prison after prosecutor David Pascoe officially charged him with 30 counts of ethics violations and misconductAccording to The State, Merrill is being accused of using his political office to receive over $1 million through his company, Greechie Communications, or directly.Merrill is accused of failing to disclose contributions and expenditures made to and from the House GOP Caucus operating account and improperly using that account for campaign purposes. That failure allowed Merrill to collect $164,564 from the House Republican Caucus without without accountability between Jan. 1, 2005 and Dec. 31, 2008, according to prosecutors.Merrill is charged with using his office for financial gain as a House member for receiving $108,169 to Geechie Communications from the GOP caucus just from Jan. 1, 2010 through Dec. 31, 2011.He is accused of using his position from 2005-2008 while serving as House GOP leader to direct $82,515 from the caucus to his PR firm.In addition, the indictment alleges Merrill directed $186,332 from the caucus to Geechie Communications, in excess of the fair market value for services it rendered between 2008 and 2010.In addition, Merrill  illegally received payments totaling at least $276,561 from the S.C. House Republican Caucus  through multiple accountsAnd those are just the tip of the iceberg.As it turns out Pascoe had to fight in court to keep the investigation because Attorney General Alan Wilson attempted to help Merrill, who happens to be his friend, by trying to assign another prosecutor to the case.This isn t the first time Trump has hired people who have since been charged with committing crimes.A Trump campaign staffer in Michigan was convicted of election fraud late last month.It makes one wonder just how many criminals Trump hired to help him win and how many will be in his administration.Featured Image: Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: busted south carolina trump adviser gets slapped with counts of ethics violations probably expect donald trump lacking hit ethics violations next four carolina gop state jim merriam hired trump serve adviser campaign notoriously conservative trump ended winning state but merriam win trip prison prosecutor david paste officially charged counts ethics violations misconductaccording the state merriam accused using political office receive million company greece communications accused failing disclose contributions expenditures made house gop caucus operating account improperly using account campaign purposes that failure allowed merriam collect house republican caucus without without accountability according charged using office financial gain house member receiving geechie communications gop caucus accused using position serving house gop leader direct caucus pr addition indictment alleges merriam directed caucus geechie communications excess fair market value services rendered addition merriam illegally received payments totaling least house republican caucus multiple accountant tip turns paste fight court keep investigation attorney general alan wilson attempted help merriam happens friend trying assign another prosecutor first time trump hired people since charged committing trump campaign staffer michigan convicted election fraud late last makes one wonder many criminals trump hired help win many image spencer imagenes