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RandySF

(70,614 posts) Mon Sep 30, 2024, 10:05 PM Sep 30

'They stole an election'; Former Florida senator (R) convicted in 'ghost candidates' scandal

Former Florida state Sen. Frank Artiles was convicted by a Miami-Dade Circuit Court jury on Monday evening, the latest fallout from the state’s 2020 “ghost candidates” scandal.

Artiles was convicted on three felony counts related to $44,000 in payments he made to Alex Rodriguez, a no-party candidate whose role was to siphon votes from Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez, the Democratic incumbent.

“They won. They were successful. They beat JJR,” public corruption prosecutor Tim VanderGiesen said in his opening argument. “They beat the incumbent named Rodriguez…

“They stole an election.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/stole-election-former-florida-senator-003459098.html

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'They stole an election'; Former Florida senator (R) convicted in 'ghost candidates' scandal (Original Post) RandySF Sep 30 OP

And someone should go after this Kennedy guy who so-called ran for president, dropped out for the most part... SWBTATTReg Oct 1 #1

SWBTATTReg

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1. And someone should go after this Kennedy guy who so-called ran for president, dropped out for the most part...

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Tue Oct 1, 2024, 12:41 AM

Oct 1

I think he was put up to be a ghost candidate of some sort, to drain votes away. He ended up draining votes mostly out of the tRUMP column, which is why I think he ended up getting out, it wasn't the repugs' intended result.

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