Florida Republican Taken Into Custody On Felony Election Fraud Charges

[skews13]

Frank Artiles, the Republican political operative suspected of secretly arranging a sham candidate to run in a key 2020 state senate race, surrendered to a Miami-Dade County jail on Thursday to face felony campaign finance charges," the Miami Herald reported Thursday. "Artiles, himself a former state senator, was seen arriving at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, along with his lawyer."

"Artiles is facing several charges, including felony charges for making illegal contributions and false swearing in connection to the election, according to a copy of the arrest warrant," the newspaper reported. "Prosecutors say Artiles offered Alexis (Alex) Pedro Rodriguez $50,000 to run in the race to 'siphon votes from the incumbent,' Democrat Jose Javier Rodriguez. Half was to be paid during the election and the rest after the election, Alex Rodriguez told prosecutors."

Florida Republican taken into custody on felony election fraud charges: report

One day after authorities removed multiple boxes of evidence while executing a search warrant on a former GOP state legislator's home, he has been taken into custody."Frank Artiles, the Republican political operative suspected of secretly arranging a sham candidate to run in a key 2020 state...

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Half was to be paid? So was that why the other conspirator turned states evidence? Florida Republicans are the bottom feeders of bottom feeders.

 

[pknopp]

Seems funny it is the GOP always complaining about election fraud but it always seems to be GOP officials that are the ones always cheating.

 

[JustAGuy1]

Fry him, see how that works Carl? It's called integrity. Get some.

 

[daveman]

How could he have committed election fraud, when Democrats insist it never happens?

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Frank Artiles, the Republican political operative suspected of secretly arranging a sham candidate to run in a key 2020 state senate race, surrendered to a Miami-Dade County jail on Thursday to face felony campaign finance charges," the Miami Herald reported Thursday. "Artiles, himself a former state senator, was seen arriving at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, along with his lawyer."

"Artiles is facing several charges, including felony charges for making illegal contributions and false swearing in connection to the election, according to a copy of the arrest warrant," the newspaper reported. "Prosecutors say Artiles offered Alexis (Alex) Pedro Rodriguez $50,000 to run in the race to 'siphon votes from the incumbent,' Democrat Jose Javier Rodriguez. Half was to be paid during the election and the rest after the election, Alex Rodriguez told prosecutors."

Florida Republican taken into custody on felony election fraud charges: report

One day after authorities removed multiple boxes of evidence while executing a search warrant on a former GOP state legislator's home, he has been taken into custody."Frank Artiles, the Republican political operative suspected of secretly arranging a sham candidate to run in a key 2020 state...

www.rawstory.com

Half was to be paid? So was that why the other conspirator turned states evidence? Florida Republicans are the bottom feeders of bottom feeders.

If true hang that mother fucker!!!!!

 

[AFrench2]

Gaslight
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Project

 

[pknopp]

How could he have committed election fraud, when Democrats insist it never happens?

The argument is it is very hard to get away with which is why it rarely happens.

 

[skews13]

Gaslight
Obstruct
Project

Ana Navarro, who knows this guy, had this to say.

"This is the tip of the iceberg," she added. "You know, I've met Frank Artiles. Unless he won the Florida Lottery sometime recently that I don't know about, there's no way this guy woke up one day saying, I'm going to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to get this result of a senate race. There is more behind this story. We need to find out who was funding these candidates all throughout the state and who was behind this. I think this is a much larger scheme than meets the eye and it needs to stop. The folks in Tallahassee should be focusing on real election fraud, not fabricated election fraud, which is what they are doing right now."


I knew this while the elections were happening. What rightwing scumbag is it, that's putting up the money?

Why do I think Rick Scotts grubby little fingers are all over this? When Merrick Garland gets his people fully in place, an anal probe level investigation needs to take place on Florida Republicans by the DOJ, and the FBI.

 

[Blackrook]

You arrest one Republican and you use it to excuse the thousands of Democrats who did the same thing but were not arrested by Democrat law enforcement.

 

[Eyepublius]

Frank Artiles, the Republican political operative suspected of secretly arranging a sham candidate to run in a key 2020 state senate race, surrendered to a Miami-Dade County jail on Thursday to face felony campaign finance charges," the Miami Herald reported Thursday. "Artiles, himself a former state senator, was seen arriving at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, along with his lawyer."

"Artiles is facing several charges, including felony charges for making illegal contributions and false swearing in connection to the election, according to a copy of the arrest warrant," the newspaper reported. "Prosecutors say Artiles offered Alexis (Alex) Pedro Rodriguez $50,000 to run in the race to 'siphon votes from the incumbent,' Democrat Jose Javier Rodriguez. Half was to be paid during the election and the rest after the election, Alex Rodriguez told prosecutors."

Florida Republican taken into custody on felony election fraud charges: report

One day after authorities removed multiple boxes of evidence while executing a search warrant on a former GOP state legislator's home, he has been taken into custody."Frank Artiles, the Republican political operative suspected of secretly arranging a sham candidate to run in a key 2020 state...

www.rawstory.com

Half was to be paid? So was that why the other conspirator turned states evidence? Florida Republicans are the bottom feeders of bottom feeders.

Republican dirty tricks - surprise, surprise, surprise (huge smile included).

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

How could he have committed election fraud, when Democrats insist it never happens?

Do they? Seems an overly niave interpretation of what your opposing political tribe really think happened, based upon recorded events. Just saying. Retard.

 

[MeBelle]

Guilty until proven innocent!

 

[MeBelle]

The theory is that voters for Democrat Javier Jose Rodriguez were too stupid to see that Independent Alex Rodriguez had a different name and party affiliation. That's such an insult to Democrats in the district.

 

[Eyepublius]

Tomorrow then - STAY WELL and HEALTHY .... NITOL

 

[MarcATL]

As per usual, the only time crime is being committed regarding voting, its being committed by Republicans.

They are quickly going to come to realize the true meaning of 'law and order. '

Watch...

 

[Eyepublius]

As per usual, the only time crime is being committed regarding voting, its being committed by Republicans.

They are quickly going to come to realize the true meaning of 'law and order. '

Watch...

My input on that exact line of thinking >>>

 

[beagle9]

As per usual, the only time crime is being committed regarding voting, its being committed by Republicans.

They are quickly going to come to realize the true meaning of 'law and order. '

Watch...

Ohhhhh, okkkk, so make an example of republican's if caught doing anything, and do it for the Democrat's that get away with their bullcrap constantly eh ??? Yes I see how this works, and so does everyone else who has been alive for the last 12 years.

 

[Monk-Eye]

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Frank Artiles, the Republican political operative suspected of secretly arranging a sham candidate to run in a key 2020 state senate race, surrendered to a Miami-Dade County jail on Thursday to face felony campaign finance charges," the Miami Herald reported Thursday. "Artiles, himself a former state senator, was seen arriving at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, along with his lawyer."

"Artiles is facing several charges, including felony charges for making illegal contributions and false swearing in connection to the election, according to a copy of the arrest warrant," the newspaper reported. "Prosecutors say Artiles offered Alexis (Alex) Pedro Rodriguez $50,000 to run in the race to 'siphon votes from the incumbent,' Democrat Jose Javier Rodriguez. Half was to be paid during the election and the rest after the election, Alex Rodriguez told prosecutors."

Florida Republican taken into custody on felony election fraud charges: report

One day after authorities removed multiple boxes of evidence while executing a search warrant on a former GOP state legislator's home, he has been taken into custody."Frank Artiles, the Republican political operative suspected of secretly arranging a sham candidate to run in a key 2020 state...

www.rawstory.com

Half was to be paid? So was that why the other conspirator turned states evidence? Florida Republicans are the bottom feeders of bottom feeders.

How is a scheme to fund a candidate to run in a race a crime ?

Is paying someone to run in a race a crime ?

 

[daveman]

How could he have committed election fraud, when Democrats insist it never happens?

Do they? Seems an overly niave interpretation of what your opposing political tribe really think happened, based upon recorded events. Just saying. Retard.

*naïve

Meanwhile, let's see what Democrats have to say about fraud:

“Voter fraud is, by and large, a myth,” said Georgia Democrat and one-time veep candidate Stacey Abrams in April. Sen. Bernie Sanders has called President Trump’s warnings of coming fraud “delusional.” DNC boss Tom Perez has mocked that “you have a better chance of getting struck by lightning” than finding it.

Biden has derided White House fears of mail-in ballot fraud as “unfounded,” despite evidence of how easily mailed votes can be tampered with.

“He’s already trying to undermine the election with false claims of voter fraud and threatening to block essential COVID assistance if any extra funds go to the U.S. Postal Service,” the former vice president claimed about Trump during an April online fundraiser. “What in God’s name was that about other than trying to … make it very hard for people to vote.”

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By the time he served as vice president to Barack Obama, Biden had fully, and publicly, abandoned his former views.

“Why, without any proof of voter fraud, have 81 bills been introduced in state legislative bodies … to make it harder for people to vote,” Biden asked an audience at South Carolina’s Allen University in 2014.

Your predictable response is that they did not mean that election fraud is a myth.

Do me a favor:

Don't.

 

[bravoactual]

Frank Artiles, the Republican political operative suspected of secretly arranging a sham candidate to run in a key 2020 state senate race, surrendered to a Miami-Dade County jail on Thursday to face felony campaign finance charges," the Miami Herald reported Thursday. "Artiles, himself a former state senator, was seen arriving at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, along with his lawyer."

"Artiles is facing several charges, including felony charges for making illegal contributions and false swearing in connection to the election, according to a copy of the arrest warrant," the newspaper reported. "Prosecutors say Artiles offered Alexis (Alex) Pedro Rodriguez $50,000 to run in the race to 'siphon votes from the incumbent,' Democrat Jose Javier Rodriguez. Half as to be paid during the election and the rest after the election, Alex Rodriguez told prosecutor."

Florida Republican taken into custody on felony election fraud charges: report

One day after authorities removed multiple boxes of evidence while executing a search warrant on a former GOP state legislator's home, he has been taken into custody."Frank Artiles, the Republican political operative suspected of secretly arranging a sham candidate to run in a key 2020 state...

www.rawstory.com

Half was to be paid? So was that why the other conspirator turned states evidence? Florida Republicans are the bottom feeders of bottom feeders.

Republicans can only win by cheating. Now they are getting caught.