A former Louisiana police chief and a former city council member were each sentenced to one year in prison over a plan to buy votes.
Protests continue to spread on Tuesday following Sunday's close election that saw Lula da Silva narrowly defeat incumbent President Bolsonaro. Credit: and a former city council member were each sentenced Tuesday to one year in prison related to a vote-buying scheme.
Amite City Police Chief Jerry Trabona and Amite City Council Member Kristian Hart were charged with violating federal election laws. Voting machines on election day. A former Louisiana police chief and former city council member were given one-year prison sentences over a vote-buying scheme, the Justice Department said.living in Tangipahoa Parish for voting in the 2016 open primary election and the 2016 general election in which both were candidates, the Justice Department said.
"Trabona and Hart’s vote-buying scheme included the solicitation and hiring of individuals responsible for identifying potential voters, the transportation of those voters to the polls, and payment and offer of payment to the voters for voting," the DOJ said. A co-conspirator, Sidney Smith, 69, paid voters with money provided by Trabona and Hart, federal prosecutors said. Smith was sentenced to four months in prison.
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