August 30, 2022
SO MUCH FOR THE COMPETENT TRUMP:
Ron DeSantis' First Voter Fraud Bust Is Quickly Imploding (MARK JOSEPH STERN, AUG 29, 2022, Slate)
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made a spectacle out of the round of arrests made by his election police force earlier this month, jailing 20 people on charges of voter fraud and promising more prosecutions to come. At least one target was dragged to jail in his underwear by a SWAT team at 6 a.m. But it turns out that the individuals ensnared in DeSantis' dragnet had no idea that they could not lawfully vote. The governor's own appointees flubbed their legal duty to stop them from registering. And because of their sloppy errors, all 20 defendants may well be acquitted of crimes they did not intend to commit.
Posted by Orrin Judd at August 30, 2022 12:00 AM