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AP

 - July 02, 2009

S.C. Top Cop: Sanford Did Not Break Laws in Visits to Mistress

State Law Enforcement Division Chief Reggie Lloyd says Gov. Mark Sanford did not break any laws. 

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina's top cop says Gov. Mark Sanford did not improperly use state funds for visits with his Argentine mistress. 

State Law Enforcement Division Chief Reggie Lloyd said Thursday that Sanford did not break any laws. The governor's spokesman says he does not intend to resign. 

South Carolina's attorney general asked police to investigate the governor's travel after Sanford revealed to The Associated Press he had spent time with Maria Belen Chapur more often than previously disclosed. 

Sanford has given two personal checks totaling $3,300 to the state treasurer as reimbursement for part of a taxpayer-funded trip to South America last year. He says the money covered lodging, meals and airfare to Buenos Aires, where he saw Chapur. 

Top South Carolina Republicans have called for Sanford to step down.

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