DeSantis and he who must not be named GOP-pushed probe into voter fraud comes up empty Eskamani passes on statewide run Arrested for recording a cop?
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Have plane, will travel Gov. Ron DeSantis zipped across the state on Wednesday. Three stops. Three media markets. And at each visit, the governor held up a $1,000 check that will soon by sent out to the state’s first responders, police and firefighters.
Joe who? These checks DeSantis touted at each stop were due to President Joe Biden and a Democratic-controlled Congress sending billions of dollars to Florida and other states as part of a coronavirus relief package.
White House officials are signaling that President Biden
The White House held a Zoom call last week to discuss criminal justice reform with advocates and formerly incarcerated people, some of whom are pressing Biden to use his powers to free people jailed on drug offenses and sick and elderly people who pose no threat to society.
While the White House did not signal any imminent moves, officials indicated that Biden will not hold off until later in his term to issue pardons or commutations.
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“It was clear that they are working on something,” said Norris Henderson, founder and executive director of New Orleans-based Voice of the Experienced, who participated in the call. “They are looking at that right now as an avenue to start doing things.”
Florida police find no evidence of voter fraud in Bloomberg plan to pay court debts
The probe was requested by Gov. Ron DeSantis following a Washington Post article.
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Democratic presidential candidate former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg speaks during a rally Feb. 27, 2020, in Houston. [ MICHAEL WYKE | AP ]
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TALLAHASSEE â State police have dropped their investigation into a program by former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg to pay off court debts for Floridians with felony convictions so they could vote in last yearâs presidential election.
After devoting more than 700 man hours to the case, which included reviewing 7,600 records and trying to interview more than 100 people, agents found no evidence that anyone was told to vote for a specific political party as a condition of having their outstanding court fees and fines paid off, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Wednesday.
Florida inquiry clears Bloomberg over felons voting case
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Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg speaks during a news conference on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Little Havana, a neighborhood in Miami. Florida authorities on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 closed a criminal investigation into fund-raising efforts by Bloomberg to pay off the outstanding fines of thousands of the state s felons seeking to reclaim their voting rights, finding no violations of election law. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, file) (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida authorities on Wednesday closed a criminal investigation into fund-raising efforts by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to pay off the outstanding fines of thousands of the state s felons seeking to reclaim their voting rights, finding no violations of election law.
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Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg speaks during a town hall in Manassas, Va. | Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo
Florida GOP complaints about Bloomberg and voter fraud come up empty in latest investigation
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On Wednesday, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement told POLITICO that it had found nothing illegal in an effort pushed by New York City billionaire Mike Bloomberg and others to help pay off the fines and fees of convicted felons seeking to become eligible to vote.
Top Florida GOP politicians suggested Bloomberg was offering money to people to vote a certain way in the 2020 presidential election, an allegation that put a cloud over the work of the statewide group that was behind a push to restore voting rights to convicted felons. Bloomberg pledged up to $100 million in Florida alone to defeat President Donald Trump.