{"id":1096,"date":"2019-04-29T12:26:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T18:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2019-04-29T12:42:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T18:42:56","slug":"edinburg-mayor-richard-molina-arrested-on-suspected-voter-fraud-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/29\/edinburg-mayor-richard-molina-arrested-on-suspected-voter-fraud-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburg Mayor Richard Molina Arrested on Suspected Voter Fraud Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Voter-Fraud-Newscast_mixdown.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">On Thursday morning Edinburg Mayor Richard Molina is cooperating with the Texas Department of Public Safety and was escorted to the Hidalgo County Sherriff\u2019s Office for booking\u2013 for the charges involving engaging in organized election fraud\u2013 and two illegal voting charges. Molina\u2019s wife\u2013 Dalia Molina was also charged of illegal voting concurrently\u2013 their bonds totaling to over 25,000 dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UTRGV Radio spoke to Texas DPS Lieutenant Johnny Hernandez regarding the charges\u2013 Hernandez states that DPS only had affliction with transportation and assistance in the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[su_quote] \u201cWe were just assisting that&#8217;s all we were doing. We were just assisting on the case. So, the Texas attorney general, they already provided a statement on that.\u201d <br>-John Martinez, Unity Hall housing coordinator[\/su_quote] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Office of Texas Attorney General statement\u2013 was released later in the day and included remarks made by Attorney General Paxton on the basis of voter fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[su_quote] \u201cVoter apathy is caused by rigged elections with guaranteed outcomes. My office will always do everything it can to protect the integrity of Texas elections and the rights of every legal voter to cast a ballot and have it counted accurately. No one is above the law.\u201d <br>-Nidia Richards, senior[\/su_quote] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement given by the Office of Texas Attorney General also explains exactly how this illegal voting was performed by Molina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[su_quote] \u201cMolina and his wife had numerous voters change their addresses to places they didn\u2019t live \u2013 including the apartment complex he owns \u2013 for the express purpose of voting for Molina in the November 7, 2017, Edinburg municipal election. 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