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BREAKING: DeSantis judge broke the law by lying on her application to the FL state Supreme Court by saying she never had an ethics investigation into her when shes actually had THREE.
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Florida Judge recommended by Ron DeSantis lied on an application to be on the state Supreme Court ...
The Florida Bulldog revealed that the documents filed for a state Supreme Court Justice position in Florida were made a false statement on the official document. Judge Renatha Francis lied on her...
5:36 PM · Jun 19, 2022
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https://www.floridabulldog.org/2022/06/judge-renatha-francis-lied-on-application-florida-supreme-court%EF%BF%BC/
Renatha Francis falsely certified on her application to join the Florida Supreme Court that shes never been on the receiving end of an ethics complaint, a possible crime under Florida law.
Francis, a family court judge in West Palm Beach said to be Gov. Ron DeSantiss favorite for the job, answered No when asked: Has a complaint about you ever been made to the Judicial Qualifications Commission? If so, the applicant must provide details to the JQC, a state agency that investigates allegations of judicial misconduct.
Francis signed the application which she submitted to the Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission, declaring she answered all questions truthfully, fully and completely.
In fact, at least one and as many as three JQC complaints have been filed against Francis. Florida Bulldog detailed one of those complaints, filed by Angela Bentrim of Loxahatchee, last week.
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Sanity Claws
(21,852 posts)edhopper
(33,615 posts)She is confirmed by a wide margin.
The Rule of Law no longer applies in this Country.
Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)madville
(7,412 posts)She claims that she was never informed about the complaints (that were ultimately rejected by the commission as being without cause), but the law says she must be informed so it depends if the commission has records that they notified her.
Or its valid and easily proven and she withdraws her application.
Regardless if she withdrawals or not, Desantis can just nominate another far-right nut and business will continue as usual, they have a deep bench here.
Lovie777
(12,326 posts)thats top notch quailification for any republican seeking a position within their fucked circle.
Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)If they are part of the inside circle, no one is going to go after them.
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)tanyev
(42,610 posts)something like this is bound to happen.