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Washington Post have released a story, Bannon may have tried to claim FL residency to avoid paying taxes..
It's a long, but good read....How go you cause $14,000 of damage to a house you are renting?
FL state prosecutors in Miami have an active investigation into Bannons assertions that he was a Florida resident and qualified to vote in the state from 2014 to 2016.
Under Florida law, it is a third-degree felony to provide false information on a voter registration application. It is punishable by up to five years in prison. First-time offenders are rarely given more than probation, something that could also lead to the loss of a security clearance.
Officials from the State Attorneys Office for Miami-Dade County, which is led by an elected Democrat, declined to provide details about their probe into Bannons residency claim. In denying a Post request for documents about the investigation, officials cited confidentiality rules for active criminal investigative information. Spokesman Ed Griffith said, At this point it is not over....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/during-his-political-rise-stephen-k-bannon-was-a-man-with-no-fixed-address/2017/03/11/89866f4c-0285-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.4a057c24e707
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(23,339 posts)Doesn't that make you feel much better?
Sunlei
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(25,485 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,702 posts)If Florida prosecutors come out with a win on this one I would be very surprised.