Sumter County commissioner reinstated after conviction overturned
Gov. Ron DeSantis has reinstated a suspended Sumter County commissioner whose conviction on a perjury charge was overturned by an appeals court last year.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis has reinstated a suspended Sumter County commissioner whose conviction on a perjury charge was overturned by an appeals court last year.
“Incredible,” Robert Rivernider Jr. said as he was leaving the courtroom. The jury deliberations took less than an hour.
The Republican activist called the accusations “frivolous” and “political.”
Prosecutors allege he forged his dead father's signature on a vote-by-mail ballot in October 2020.
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