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Ohiogal

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Mon Sep 28, 2020, 02:56 PM Sep 2020

Ohio GOP lawmaker tries to charge Republican Gov. Mike DeWine with terrorism [View all]

What some of our Ohio GOP lawmakers waste their time on ....



COLUMBUS - After failing to impeach Gov. Mike DeWine over his COVID-19 response, Clermont County Republican Rep. John Becker is trying to charge him with a slew of criminal offenses, including terrorism, bribery and interfering with civil rights.

Becker accuses DeWine of disenfranchising voters, threatening the health of Ohioans by closing hospitals to non-emergency procedures and shuttering businesses in a private citizen affidavit filed with Clermont County Municipal Court Monday.

The affidavit accuses DeWine of several crimes including:

Engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, a second-degree felony
Complicity, a second-degree felony
Terrorism, a third-degree felony
Making terroristic threats, a third-degree felony
Inducing panic, third-degree felony
Conspiracy, a third-degree felony
Bribery, a fourth-degree felony
Interfering with civil rights, a first-degree misdemeanor
Coercion, a second-degree misdemeanor
Patient abuse or neglect, a second-degree misdemeanor

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https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2020/09/28/ohio-lawmaker-rep-john-becker-tries-charge-republican-gov-mike-dewine-crimes-covid-19/3564770001/?a=a&utm_source=dispatch-News%20Alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news_alerts&utm_term=news_alert

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