Seminole County Republican Chair, two others arrested in 'ghost candidate' case

[moonshinegnomie]

Source: florida politics

Seminole County Republican Party Chair Ben Paris, political consultant Eric Foglesong and former independent candidate Jestine Iannotti have been arrested and charged with multiple counts of election fraud relating to the 2020 election in Senate District 9.

Iannotti had run in the SD 9 election as an independent candidate in a contest that critics had alleged was a “ghost candidate” maneuver intended to draw votes away from Democratic candidate Patricia Sigman, to aid the election of Republican Jason Brodeur, who won.

Read more: https://floridapolitics.com/archives/527424-seminole-county-republican-chair-two-others-indicted-in-ghost-candidate-case/

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the seat,which teh GOP won should be declared vacant and a new election held

[louis-t]

1. Again, Republicans are involved in election fraud and voter fraud.

Didn't see THAT coming.

[pandr32]

2. This cannot stand

It needs to be nullified.

[NCjack]

3. Prison. The MAGAts will not stopped until they are sent to

prison and prohibited from ever working political position that lets them get close to a ballot box or voting machine.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. I read the details. Poor Seminole County.

That sleaze is so embedded here. I know there are good people in this county. I just don't know if they'll prevail over the schyster history they have to overcome.

[SergeStorms]

10. The sleaze is embedded in Florida politics...

on a statewide scale. Florida has been dirty ever since I can remember, and by both parties, unfortunately.

In the past 30 years or so republicans have taken it to a new level, though. They've left Democrats in the dust with their corruption.

[Baitball Blogger]

11. yup.

That about sums it up.

Though the local lawyers are largely responsible for softening the way, traumatizing people into silence over land deal scandals. That "hegemony" that someone talked about, where people are expected to bow down to the top dog, it's an expectation that lawyers have that goes beyond the reasonable legal boundaries of what they can or should be able to do. Lying to board members of a HOA because the lawyer feels he has a higher clientele to answer to, yeah, Nah. That has to be a Central Florida thing.

[Ford_Prefect]

5. Imagine that! A couple of GOP operatives were arrested for meddling in the election, and in Florida!

Can you guess what would happen if it was revealed they were part of a state-wide effort...Or a national GOP action?

[halfulglas]

6. They would just blame the evil Democratic party.

A plot by Dems to make Republican party look bad.

[scarletlib]

8. Same thing happened in Miami Dade County

Two or three ghost candidates. We lost at least 2 seats because of this. Hopefully they will be arrested soon.

[Quanto Magnus]

7. Well I guess....

they were right about election fraud.....

[OMGWTF]

9. Everything they accuse the Dems of doing is an admission of their own guilt.

[calimary]

12. Because THEY'RE the ones actually DOING it.

They just deflect and deny and bullshit and hope nobody notices OR has the ability to add 2 and 2 and get 4.

[LittleGirl]

14. +1 nt

[Fiendish Thingy]

13. They're pulling something similar in, IIRC, MI or PA

Where the GOP candidate has the same name as the outgoing Dem incumbent.

[Marcuse]

15. Governor DeSantis' new Election Police Force is off to a good start!

Oh! Nevermind.

Twelve total charges came down through indictments sought by the State Attorney for Florida’s 18th Judicial Circuit after a Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) investigation. The investigation began in July 2021 after JC 18 State Attorney Phil Archer requested the FDLE look into the election.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

16. I'm sure our intrepid M$M will be all over this, pointing out the GQP's projection bullshit

that they are ALWAYS guilty of.

Take it to the bank.