Trump's Chief Strategist May Have Provided False Information To Obtain Voter Registration
White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is the subject of a criminal investigation into whether he falsely claimed he was a Florida resident from 2014 to 2016, possibly to avoid paying state income taxes.
The Washington Post reported Saturday that state prosecutors in Miami have subpoenaed documents including Bannon's lease of a home in Coconut Grove, Florida. They've also contacted landlords, a gardener and a handyman.
The State Attorney’s Office for Miami-Dade County declined to provide further details, citing confidentiality rules for “active criminal investigative information.” But a spokesman for the State Attorney's Office said of the probe, "At this point it is not over."
Under Florida law, it is a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison, to provide false information on a voter registration application. However, proving wrongdoing could be difficult because state law does not clearly define residency.
Last year, after he was hired to lead Trump's campaign, The Guardian reported that Bannon, the former chairman of Breitbart News, was registered to vote at a then-vacant house in Miami-Dade County.
According to the Post's subsequent investigation, two homes that Bannon leased in Florida — and where he claimed residency — were in fact occupied by his third ex-wife, whom he divorced in 2009.
"The Post found that Bannon left a negligible footprint in Florida," the newspaper reported. "He did not get a Florida driver’s license or register a car in the state. He never voted in Florida, and neighbors near two homes he leased in Miami said they never saw him. His rent and utility bills were sent to his business manager in California."
#1: misterwhite To: Willie Green (#0)
And how many Florida illegals have been prosecuted under this law? I'm guessing zero.
misterwhite posted on 2017-03-12 09:58:23 Reply Private Reply
#2: Gatlin To: Willie Green (#0)
Gatlin posted on 2017-03-12 09:58:40 Reply Private Reply
#3: Justified To: Willie Green (#0)
Sounds like he pulled a Clinton and NYC resident.
The progressives hate when other people do what they do, and get away with it!
Justified posted on 2017-03-12 10:28:20 Reply Private Reply
#4: sneakypete To: Willie Green (#0)
Yeah,and because we all know there are no part-time residents living in Florida,we all know this can't possibly be a political hatchet job by State's Attorney Office.
I have to wonder when Florida is going to start doing something about all the Dims from the NE voting up there,and then flying down to their vacation homes in Florida to vote again. Some were actually bragging about doing this when Goober ran against Bush. The old bitches on "The View",especially Joy Behar,were even on the air the day before the election reminding people in NY and surrounding areas that "You have time to eat breakfast and vote here,and still have time to catch a flight to Florida and vote there and be back before dinner." Joy even told them how much the round flight trip would be using one airline.
sneakypete posted on 2017-03-12 11:03:01 Reply Private Reply
#5: sneakypete To: misterwhite (#1)
How many rich NYC denizens with vacation homes in Florida have been arrested for voting there and in NY?
ZERO is the correct answer.
sneakypete posted on 2017-03-12 11:12:43 Reply Private Reply
#6: nativist nationalist To: sneakypete (#5)
But that's different. Moshe votes democrat.
nativist nationalist posted on 2017-03-12 11:26:33 Reply Private Reply
#7: sneakypete To: Willie Green (#0)
This is nothing less than a staged revolution managed by the elites,not the peasants.
sneakypete posted on 2017-03-12 11:54:31 Reply Private Reply
#8: Willie Green To: sneakypete (#7)
LOL!!! Yeah, yeah, yeah...
the boogeyman's gonna get you petey..
run & hide under the bed...
Willie Green posted on 2017-03-12 13:19:38 Reply Private Reply
#9: sneakypete To: Willie Green (#8)
You just keep on believing the fairy tale you believe. The Dims are evil and want to destroy the country to make it into a link in the Global World chain. What you believe changed nothing.
sneakypete posted on 2017-03-12 23:54:21 Reply Private Reply