State E-Mails Detail SC Governor’s Argentina Plans

Newly released e-mails show that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford pushed for a packed schedule but wanted to keep an evening free on a taxpayer-funded trip to Argentina last year. The e-mails released by the state Commerce Department show the planning that went into the trip, which the married governor has said was the start of his affair with an Argentine woman.

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Published: July 10, 2009

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Newly released e-mails show that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford pushed for a packed schedule but wanted to keep an evening free on a taxpayer-funded trip to Argentina last
year.

The e-mails released by the state Commerce Department show the planning that went into the trip, which the married governor has said was the start of his affair with an Argentine woman.

The e-mails show that Sanford asked to meet with a real estate agent with connections to ranches and farmland because he wanted to learn more about the topic.

Sanford confessed publicly to the affair last month after going AWOL on a secret trip to Argentina to see his mistress. He has said in interviews with The Associated Press that the woman is his soul
mate but he is trying to love his wife.