This is pretty amazing news. Last year, Thomas Ravenel, the Republican state treasurer of South Carolina, was often mentioned as a candidate who might mount a primary challenge against Sen. Lindsey Graham, who has on more than one occasion irritated his base supporters in the state. Ultimately, Ravenel decided not to run, recently re-affirming his decision to Republicans angry over Graham’s position on immigration. Well, now comes word that Ravenel has been indicted for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Just for good measure, Ravenel is also the South Carolina state chairman of Rudy Giuliani’s presidential campaign, and a few minutes ago, the Giuliani campaign issued this statement:

Our campaign has no information about the accusations pending against Mr. Ravenel. Mr. Ravenel has stepped down from his volunteer responsibilities with the campaign.