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Billy Corben

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2946 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

is born out of the 97 Miami mayoral election.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

And in 1998, the courts null and voided all of those absentee ballots.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

400 of them, I believe, they ultimately found to have been fraudulent.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

And as a result, they said, the only thing that will stand are the actual in-person ballots

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

Votes that were cast in Miami.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

And that meant that Joe Carollo, who had come in second place to Xavier Suarez, was appointed the mayor by the courts.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

God damn it.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

So they removed Xavier Suarez as mayor for absentee ballot fraud and installed.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

Now, mind you, they never said that Xavier Suarez was aware of the absentee ballot fraud, but he had benefited from it.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

And so they removed him and installed Joe Carollo, who ultimately, of course, got arrested because...

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

And that's how we got Mayor Joe Carollo in 1998.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

It's a fascinating story.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

And so Joe tried his best to explain these similar controversies.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

Listen to this.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

The FBI, the U.S.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

I knew it already.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

I told them.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

I know.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

They were surprised.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Sabado Night at the Cockfight

Does anybody have any idea what the hell he was just saying?