Bloomberg Being Investigated for Expenditures to Influence Voting

According to reports this morning, former New York City Mayor and 2020 Democrat Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg is paying the restitution of felons in Florida.

As reported by Axios,

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has raised over $16 million to help felons pay outstanding fines and fees to regain their voting rights in Florida.

The big picture: A 2018 state constitutional amendment in Florida allows for felons who have completed their sentences to regain their right to vote — so long as they’ve also paid back any outstanding fines, fees or restitution.

  • Bloomberg’s fundraising, in addition to $5 million from the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, has now paid off monetary obligations for 32,000 felons in Florida just before Election Day.
  • Voters who were already registered to vote, Black or Latino, and had fines and fees of less than $1500 were eligible for the payback initiative.

What they’re saying: “The right to vote is fundamental to our democracy and no American should be denied that right,” Bloomberg said via a spokesperson.

  • “Working together with the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, we are determined to end disenfranchisement and the discrimination that has always driven it.
Apparently, this act is a violation of United States statute, 18 U.S. Code§ 597.Expenditures to influence voting,

Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and

Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

To make things even more spicy, Bloomberg is only doing this act of kindness for African American and Latino American felons.
The Daily Mail’s Keith Griffith has just reported that Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida is calling for a legal probe,

Rep. Matt Gaetz calls for ‘vote buying’ criminal probe into Mike Bloomberg for paying off $20M in debt for 31,000 Florida felons so that they can cast ballots in November

  • Rep. Matt Gaetz called on Florida’s attorney general to investigate the tactic
  • Bloomberg paid off $20M in debt for 31,000 felons in Florida so they can vote
  • The move comes just days after Florida Gov Ron DeSantis won a court victory to keep felons from voting until they’ve paid off fines, restitution and court fees
  • Other donors include John Legend, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, MTV, Comedy Central, VH1, Ben & Jerry’s, Levi Strauss & Co and the Miami Dolphins
  • The billionaire has also pledged $100million to help Joe Biden win in Florida

Ya’ just got to love it.

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5 Comments

  1. DAN III September 23, 2020 at 15:21

    Re: Bloomberg investigation. So what ?

    Hillary Clinton has been “investigated” for 6+ years. She has been ordered by the federal justus system to testify in person, live. Don’t hold your breath waiting for her to testify in person, live. Will not happen in one’s lifetime. Her forever appeal will be the excuse fedgov uses for not taking her to task.. As most know, she claims that as one of the American elites, a very special, high and mighty former fedgov scoundrel, she is EXEMPT from having to appear before a judge. Just like a common criminal would have to. But, not Hildabeast. What legalities would apply to you and I do not apply to Hillary Clinton. She is special doncha know ?

    Hell, every swinging Richard involved in soetoro-obama’s orchestrated coup against a duly elected POTUS, are free as the proverbial bird. No sense naming them. Every astute reader of American Partisan knows their names.

    So, ANOTHER fedgov investigation. The things one can be assured of are:

    1. It will cost the American Citizen millions upon millions of fiat dollars.
    2. More Deep State “investigators” of Bloomberg will get rich courtesy of the taxpayer.
    3. Bloomberg will NEVER be found guilty of any crime whatsoever.
    4. Any Bloomberg “investigation” into his alleged wrongdoing(s) will be a whitewash.

    “Lock her up !”

    Nearly four years and Hillary Clinton along with her co-conspirators are still not locked up. And fedgov lawyers are going to do to Bloomberg what they and the USA justice system has failed to do to Clinton ? Wanna buy a bridge ?

  2. Anonymous September 23, 2020 at 15:23

    4.5

  3. Scurvy September 23, 2020 at 17:53

    Bread and circus for the masses.

    Still one can hope. Thanks for the heads up.

  4. Anonymous September 24, 2020 at 08:21

    5

  5. Curious Passerby September 24, 2020 at 12:53

    I once had a friend who was a convicted felon. He was a horrible person, but he said one thing that stuck with me. He said every year something like 700,000 convicted felons are released. The party that caters to them and restores their voting rights will have a potent, reliable voting block to win.

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