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Frankliin Foil offered backing to drop out of Senate race
Posted on 10/17/19 at 8:45 am
Posted on 10/17/19 at 8:45 am
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This post was edited on 10/1/20 at 8:21 am
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Posted on 10/17/19 at 8:50 am to dixiechick
Assuming they remain tied (which I bet they won't be after today) one of them has to drop out to prevent the Democrat in the runoff from winning. I'm sure after thousands of dollars spent and months of campaigning neither one just wants to just happily walk away. Thus, if you are going to walk away it would behoove you to get some political capital out of it.
The dumb part was letting this leak to the media. But I see nothing wrong with each leveraging their position for a potential walk away
The dumb part was letting this leak to the media. But I see nothing wrong with each leveraging their position for a potential walk away
This post was edited on 10/17/19 at 8:51 am
Posted on 10/17/19 at 8:50 am to dixiechick
Not a big Grigsby fan.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 8:52 am to dixiechick
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Frankliin Foil offered backing to drop out of Senate race
So?
Posted on 10/17/19 at 8:59 am to La Place Mike
Didn’t the AG bring criminal charges against the Ascension Parish President for doing the same thing? He offered a guy a job or to back him in another race (allegedly) if he pulled out of a race ?
Posted on 10/17/19 at 9:04 am to michael corleone
Yes and he was acquitted. It talks about it in the article.
This post was edited on 10/17/19 at 9:05 am
Posted on 10/17/19 at 9:05 am to michael corleone
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Didn’t the AG bring criminal charges against the Ascension Parish President for doing the same thing? He offered a guy a job or to back him in another race (allegedly) if he pulled out of a race ?
I could be wrong, the but the AP president did so AS the sitting president. Grigsby isn't an elected official nor is he conspiring WITH Foil to "bribe" someone else.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 9:06 am to Janky
He is not offering a job, he is offering his support.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 9:06 am to dixiechick
They need to work this out, flip a coin or something.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 9:06 am to Lsupimp
The recount will take care of it.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 9:07 am to La Place Mike
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This post was edited on 10/1/20 at 8:20 am
Posted on 10/17/19 at 9:23 am to dixiechick
Offering anything of value to induce a person to withdraw from a race is a felony in Louisiana.
I'm surprised they'd be this open about this.
§1461.5. Election offenses involving bribery, threats or intimidation of election officials or candidates; penalties
A. No person shall knowingly, willfully, or intentionally:
(4)(a) Give or offer to give, directly or indirectly, any money or any thing of apparent present or prospective value to a candidate for public office for the purpose of securing the candidate's withdrawal from an election.
B. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars or be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or both, for the first offense. On a second offense, or any subsequent offense, the penalty shall be a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or imprisonment at hard labor for not more than five years, or both.
I'm surprised they'd be this open about this.
§1461.5. Election offenses involving bribery, threats or intimidation of election officials or candidates; penalties
A. No person shall knowingly, willfully, or intentionally:
(4)(a) Give or offer to give, directly or indirectly, any money or any thing of apparent present or prospective value to a candidate for public office for the purpose of securing the candidate's withdrawal from an election.
B. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars or be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or both, for the first offense. On a second offense, or any subsequent offense, the penalty shall be a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or imprisonment at hard labor for not more than five years, or both.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 9:24 am to dixiechick
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Ps... Steve Carter is a POS as well. I hope Foil wins.
LSURussian bout to shite his size 42 jeans and write another essay.
Posted on 10/17/19 at 10:27 am to The Boat
Thanks False Prophet. I was about to post the statute. Do care if Carter or Foil win, but I hate all of the money people out there on both sides pulling strings. Plaintiffs lawyers, business people , etc. They are all the same. They want to buy someone who will do their bidding, regardless of whether it benefits citizens. If the AG had any balls, let alone sense of fair play , he would go after Grigsby. He won’t , despite the brazen public admission that he offered something of value to Foil to drop out. As he said , “ he is a king maker”.
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