People familiar with the situation say it was one of Mr. Sanford’s appointees, Reggie Lloyd, head of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, whose concerns prompted elected officials on Monday to investigate whether a temporary handoff of control was needed. Elected officials decided against doing so after being told by aides to the governor that they knew Mr. Sanford’s location.
After declining for hours to reveal his location, Mr. Sanford’s office said late Monday that he was hiking along the Appalachian Trail and was difficult to reach.
... and who made a point of calling up Chief Reggie Lloyd over the weekend, and essentially roped him into sounding “concerned over succession?”
Why, it was none other than longtime Sanford critic Jake Knotts, that’s who.
This was a hit job, because Sanford opposed the stimulus.