SC is a mess right now and almost everyone is lying, including (imo) Mark and Jenny Sanford. I do not blame them for lying, they have four young kids to protect.

The newspaper "The State" has to know that it is being fraudulent when it published the love e-mails. The newspaper knew that, as least in part, the mails could not have been written by Sanford. The timeline is messed up in the part a about the "heavy equipment" and officials at the newspaper know the correct timeline. The e-mails were published to threaten Sanford. Very bad journalism.

The State "ace" newspaperwoman meeting Sanford coming off a plane at the Altanta Airport is a JOKE (!) on someone, not sure whom.