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@gal_suburban @LeaLovesUSA More on Bainter calling the shots for Artiles' "ghost candidates"
Jul 28 2021: @clearing_fog @satirehat
Deal struck in Jun 2020: "Bainter, whose firm has had a hand in advising & promoting FL Senate candidates for decades, would pay Artiles $90,000...
miamiherald.com/news/politics-…

@gal_suburban @LeaLovesUSA @clearing_fog @satirehat 2/ ...over six months to work on 'state legislative campaign assignments … to include certain Senate Districts in Miami-Dade County,' according to records released in the last week by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office. (con't)
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@gal_suburban @LeaLovesUSA @clearing_fog @satirehat 3/ ...The contract did not detail the exact duties.
A day after the contract was signed, documents show, Artiles started helping Alexis Pedro Rodriguez, an old friend whom Artiles recruited to run as an independent in Miami-Dade’s Senate District 37 race. (con't)

@gal_suburban @LeaLovesUSA @clearing_fog @satirehat 4/ ...The former lawmaker walked Rodriguez through signing all the necessary campaign documents to qualify for the 2020 ballot, according to investigators. Artiles eventually paid Rodriguez roughly $45,000 in exchange for his candidacy, investigators say." (more...)

@gal_suburban @LeaLovesUSA @clearing_fog @satirehat 5/ "Now Artiles and Rodriguez are facing criminal charges, and 👉Bainter’s business dealings with Artiles are being probed in the state’s investigation into Rodriguez’s candidacy👈 — a run for office that included no campaigning by Rodriguez but still helped sway the results...

@gal_suburban @LeaLovesUSA @clearing_fog @satirehat 6/ ...of the Senate District 37 election."
"The Miami Herald first reported last month that 👉Bainter’s firm was served a subpoena👈 in the state’s case against Artiles, who is facing several felony charges for allegedly recruiting and paying Alexis Pedro Rodriguez... (con't)

@gal_suburban @LeaLovesUSA @clearing_fog @satirehat 7/ ...to run as a no-party candidate in Senate District 37. Rodriguez is facing similar charges. The subpoena asked Bainter for documents related to Artiles but not Rodriguez."
To answer @gal_suburban's question above⤴️ "PC likely refers to pol cmtes."

https://twitter.com/MaryEllenKlas/status/1418946597661073408

@gal_suburban @LeaLovesUSA @clearing_fog @satirehat 8/ Lots of details in Miami Herald article, including a timeline of events in Jun 2020.
"The next status update in Artiles’ and Rodriguez’s cases is Aug. 19. The trial is scheduled for Aug. 30." /end