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Former Alaska Rep. LeDoux and her aide face new charges of felony voter fraud
Former Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, R-Anchorage, speaks on the floor of the Alaska House in 2016. ( Skip Gray/360 North)
Former Anchorage GOP Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux faces four new felony counts of voter misconduct, state prosecutors announced Thursday.
LeDoux’s former legislative aide, Lisa Simpson, also faces two new felony charges, which could increase the pressure on her to cooperate with authorities in their efforts to convict her former boss.
LeDoux was initially charged last year with just one felony count and a number of misdemeanors related to her 2018 re-election campaign.
The case fell idle for the past year amid the COVID-19 pandemic and only recently began moving forward again.
Both LeDoux and Simpson have hired top-notch defense attorneys.
The charges against LeDoux came after state elections officials notified the Alaska State Troopers of what they described as irregularities with absentee ballot applications during her 2018 re-election campaign. The FBI also participated in the investigation.
Simpson’s son Caden is also being charged with voter misconduct. He’s represented by a public defender, according to a state courts database.
https://www.alaskapublic.org/2021/0...-aide-face-new-charges-of-felony-voter-fraud/
Former Anchorage GOP Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux faces four new felony counts of voter misconduct, state prosecutors announced Thursday.
LeDoux’s former legislative aide, Lisa Simpson, also faces two new felony charges, which could increase the pressure on her to cooperate with authorities in their efforts to convict her former boss.
LeDoux was initially charged last year with just one felony count and a number of misdemeanors related to her 2018 re-election campaign.
The case fell idle for the past year amid the COVID-19 pandemic and only recently began moving forward again.
Both LeDoux and Simpson have hired top-notch defense attorneys.
The charges against LeDoux came after state elections officials notified the Alaska State Troopers of what they described as irregularities with absentee ballot applications during her 2018 re-election campaign. The FBI also participated in the investigation.
Simpson’s son Caden is also being charged with voter misconduct. He’s represented by a public defender, according to a state courts database.
https://www.alaskapublic.org/2021/0...-aide-face-new-charges-of-felony-voter-fraud/
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Now Ohio GOP wants to "asset test" the poor
The Ohio Senate added to its budget proposal a provision requiring the state to cut off food stamp assistance for poor Ohioans if their households save up $2,250 or more.
It also imposes a requirement known as “change reporting.” This forces Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program clients to report every fluctuation in income — things like extra shifts at work or picking up odd jobs — worth $500 or more within 30 days.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/6/14/2035164/-Now-Ohio-GOP-wants-to-asset-test-the-poor
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White House returns $2 billion from Trump's border wall funds to the military. The former president built 52 miles, at an average cost of $46 million per mile.
https://www.businessinsider.com/whi...-2-billion-military-border-wall-mexico-2021-6
Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas will build a border wall, but doesn’t yet give details on cost or location
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/10/texas-mexico-border-wall-greg-abbott/
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Gov. Greg Abbott says he’ll use crowdfunding for his plan to build a border wall
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/15/texas-border-wall-greg-abbott/
https://www.businessinsider.com/whi...-2-billion-military-border-wall-mexico-2021-6
Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas will build a border wall, but doesn’t yet give details on cost or location
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/10/texas-mexico-border-wall-greg-abbott/
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Gov. Greg Abbott says he’ll use crowdfunding for his plan to build a border wall
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/15/texas-border-wall-greg-abbott/
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