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by WILL FOLKS
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Last Sunday (August 17, 2025), our media outlet published video we obtained of Charleston, South Carolina entrepreneur Eric Bowman allegedly assaulting an unnamed victim at his home on Sullivans Island in September 2016.
Three days later, Bowman was arrested and charged with first degree domestic violence. As of this writing, he remains incarcerated at the Charleston County detention center after a magistrate denied bond on this charge.
Bowman, readers recall, was one of four individuals singled out by U.S. first district congresswoman (and 2026 South Carolina gubernatorial frontrunner) Nancy Mace in her February 2025 “scorched earth” speech on the floor of the U.S. Congress. Bowman’s arrest is the latest fallout from Mace’s seismic speech – which continues to reverberate across the Palmetto political landscape.
Our research director Jenn Wood joined me to discuss the Bowman news as well as a major victory for Mace in federal court.
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In other news, special projects director Dylan Nolan and I broke down another tremendously hectic week in South Carolina politics – with multiple candidates for governor refining their pitches to broad swaths of undecided voters.
Finally, Jenn and I discussed a case she has covered extensively – the apparent unjust conviction of Michael Wilson Pearson, who continues serving a sixty-year sentence more than two years after prosecutors obtained information attesting to his innocence.
Is South Carolina’s “justice” system once again playing fast and loose with our liberties?
Once again, thanks to everyone who watched this week’s program. And as always, please remember your support drives absolutely everything we do at FITSNews. The lights, the cameras, the accountability … all of it is a direct result of your subscriptions. So, if you value the sort of independent, unapologetic coverage we provide – please help us out and consider subscribing today!
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR…
Will Folks is the founding editor of the news outlet you are currently reading. Prior to founding FITSNews, he served as press secretary to the governor of South Carolina. He lives in the Midlands region of the state with his wife and eight children.
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