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Prosecutors Had A Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not To Pursue Charges.

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Prosecutors Had A Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not To Pursue Charges. from the found-the-vote-fraud dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. To the narcotics agents investigating drug smuggling in Puerto Rico prisons, it seemed at first like a typical scheme: associates of an inmate gang sneaking drugs i...
The article discusses a potential case of voter manipulation in Puerto Rico's prison system, as revealed by an ongoing FBI and DOJ investigation. This incident raises several concerning patterns: Pattern ARC-0043 Motte-and-Bailey (Motte-and-Bailey Strawman): The article implies the potential for widespread voter manipulation in Puerto Rico's prisons, yet the investigation has only uncovered allegations against a single gang, La Comba. This sets up a false dichotomy between "the corrupt prison sy...