Comments by "B Bodziak" (@B_Bodziak) on "Murdaugh’s defense attorney talks verdict on South Carolina Senate floor | Rush Hour" video.

What was the basis for him to even be talking about this at the podium on the Senate floor? I can understand his colleagues interest in asking him about the case, but to discuss it on the Senate floor??
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It just adds to how connected the Murdaugh family is (was?) not only in Hampton County but in the entire state.
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He may have hidden assets OR he has dirt to blackmail someone, possibly both. However, it's far more likely that since this attorney is a long-time family friend, he represented him pro bono and/or the attorney owes Alex a favor. In counties like Hampton, there's a lot of "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" dealings. An attorney can cover the full expense of representing a client with the exception of any required court fees. I believe the senator was also the lead counsel for Paul and the boating incident.
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Brandon Borradaile He has been re-elected a number of times, and I am almost certain he was representing Paul in the boating case. Because of the widespread coverage of the two murders case, it may affect his next re-election if he chooses not to retire. Having a state senator as your legal counsel just shows the connections the Murdaughs have (had?) in the state. However, I think the senator and Alex are also close friends. That said, the senator never showed much passion when talking to reporters about Alex's innocence. Unless you've lived in somewhat rural county in a southern state, it can be difficult to wrap your head around how things work in the world of "good 'ol boys". I think it's prevalent in the southern states that were part of the original 13 colonies. Many of these families had plantations or bought property for a bargain not long after emancipation. Every county has 1 or 2 wealthy families that have been there for generations, and they all have "family businesses" that have been passed down to each subsequent generation. From my observations, the family business involves either a successful law practice, car dealerships, a realty company and/or a funeral home. With the exception of car dealerships, there is a need/demand for those services in every county/area, and the patriarch of the original biz realized this. If you ask anyone who has lived in a rural southern county if there is a family or two that is the equivalent of Murdaughs, they won't have to think long about the response.
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@Im-Perfectly-Imperfect The chair? Wow. I actually would have expected him to be in the GOP given the state's statistics.
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He's a politician. I've learned that most politicians don't have an issue playing fast and loose with the truth. I can understand his colleagues interest in the case, but discussing the case on the Senate floor at the podium was improper, imho. I do think that if he doesn't choose to retire, his re-election campaign may suffer from his decision to represent Murdaugh, esp if his opposition focuses on how very close he was as a family friend of the Murdaughs given the public's knowledge of their corruption. He also represented Paul in the boating case, but that case wasn't in the national spotlight like Alex's case. I suspect he took his re-election into account when he agreed to represent Alex, and given the outcome, I think he'll choose to retire from the SC Senate at the end of his current term.
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Do you think another attorney would have been effective enough to have the jurors arrive at a verdict of not guilty? The case was largely circumstantial and Alex's decision to testify was likely the biggest factor in the jury's verdict. Alex, like most narcissists, thought he was good enough to manipulate the jurors by testifying. His success as an attorney in convincing jurors to rule in favor of his clients likely played a huge part in decision to take the stand. Although, without trying to explain it by taking the stand, I don't know how his voice on the Snapchat video could have been explained otherwise. Still, his defense may have been better to not address it all vs him finally admitting that he was at the kennels just minutes before the murders were estimated to have taken place. Given all the circumstances,bit was a gutsy decision for the prosecutor to even bring this case.
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@Jazz1959 If that was Alex's intention, the hired gun would have found a way to get to Buster. Additionally, Alex would not have tried to have his drug dealer shoot him. He didn't want to commit suicide in case it nullified his $10 million life insurance policy that Buster would get upon his passing. In a docu-series on one of the streaming platforms, several people close to the family all stated Buster was definitely Alex's (and the wife/mother) favorite of the two boys. Your theory isn't accurate, imho.
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I do think his decision to represent Alex may have some consequences when his re-election comes up. However, it didn't appear to effect his last re-election when he represented Paul for the boating incident, but that case didn't make the headlines the two murders did.
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