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2021/05/06 07:22 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) 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. “After a review of the data, no donations from Bloomberg were identified nor were any violations of Florida election laws found,” said a two-page summary released by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Bloomberg last year earmarked $100 million in Florida to help defeat then-President Donald Trump. In addition, investigators said, the billionaire Democrat and former presidential candidate raised more than $16 million to help pay off the legal debts of felons so they could vote in the election.
Florida inquiry clears Mike Bloomberg over felons voting case
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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.
“After a review of the data, no donations from Bloomberg were identified nor were any violations of Florida election laws found,” said a two-page summary released by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Bloomberg last year earmarked $100 million in Florida to help defeat then-President
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.
The Coalition has paid over $600,000 to the Lee County court system. Their dollars have helped people like Anthony Price overcome the past fines and that would have kept him from voting in the future.