DeSantis' prosecutor lied to please the governor.
The fact is the ONLY time such charges would rise above the local level is if there was more than one voting district involved in separate towns or cities. The state would then have authority to bring charges based on multiple jurisdictions involved. State charges would then carry weight as to the sentence such a voter would receive.
Whether the voter fraud charges are accurate or not is yet to be clarified, but, the local authorities will have to sort through the facts and decide if there is enough brevity for bring a case to court.
Normally, such cases are not considered that serious if in fact they are proven and the charges never rise to the point where they change the outcome of the elections. This is a huge waste of tax payer money.
By Miles Cohen
...When the charges (click here) were announced on Aug. 18, DeSantis said at a press conference that local prosecutors had been "loath" to take up election fraud cases.
"Now we have the ability with the attorney general and statewide prosecutor to bring those [cases] on behalf of the state of Florida," he said....
...The judge agreed with the defense's argument that the alleged violations, applying to vote and voting while ineligible, only occurred in Miami-Dade County. Thus, the statewide prosecutor was found to not have jurisdiction.
Statewide prosecutors argued that the alleged crimes were committed in Leon County in addition to Miami-Dade County, because the defendants' applications and votes were later transmitted to the Department of State in Tallahassee.
The defense argued the alleged offenses only happened in Miami-Dade.
The judge sided with the defense, even citing Shakespeare's "Henry VI" in his order granting the motion to dismiss.
"His arms spread wider than a dragon's wings," the judge wrote in his order, in reference to the statewide prosecutor.
"How much wider even than that does [the statewide prosecutor] seek to extend its reach?"
"It is an old truth that all politics is local," the judge added. "[The statewide prosecutor] seeks to stand that old truth on its head"...
...When the charges (click here) were announced on Aug. 18, DeSantis said at a press conference that local prosecutors had been "loath" to take up election fraud cases.
"Now we have the ability with the attorney general and statewide prosecutor to bring those [cases] on behalf of the state of Florida," he said....
...The judge agreed with the defense's argument that the alleged violations, applying to vote and voting while ineligible, only occurred in Miami-Dade County. Thus, the statewide prosecutor was found to not have jurisdiction.
Statewide prosecutors argued that the alleged crimes were committed in Leon County in addition to Miami-Dade County, because the defendants' applications and votes were later transmitted to the Department of State in Tallahassee.
The defense argued the alleged offenses only happened in Miami-Dade.
The judge sided with the defense, even citing Shakespeare's "Henry VI" in his order granting the motion to dismiss.
"His arms spread wider than a dragon's wings," the judge wrote in his order, in reference to the statewide prosecutor.
"How much wider even than that does [the statewide prosecutor] seek to extend its reach?"
"It is an old truth that all politics is local," the judge added. "[The statewide prosecutor] seeks to stand that old truth on its head"...
