Overview

• May submitted his resignation letter to House Speaker Murrell Smith on Aug. 12, ending his tenure as the representative for District 88.
• The resignation nullifies the South Carolina House Ethics Committee’s inquiry into his alleged misconduct.
• May remains held without bond at Edgefield County Jail as he awaits trial on 10 federal counts of distributing child sexual abuse material.
• Prosecutors assert investigators traced 220 illicit files to his home Wi-Fi network and cellphone under the Kik alias “joebidennnn69.”
• His defense has argued that a visible Wi-Fi password in a publicly shared photo could allow third-party access, a claim prosecutors have not publicly challenged.