Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended the mayor of North Miami Beach on June 5 after the civic leader was arrested for voter fraud.
The Republican governor ordered the suspension via Executive Order 23-118.
It is in the “best interests of the City of North Miami Beach residents and citizens of the State of Florida that Anthony F. DeFillipo II be immediately suspended from the public office which he now holds,” DeSantis asserts in the order.
DeFillipo, 51, was arrested on May 31. He faces three charges of voter fraud, a third-degree felony in the Sunshine State. If found guilty, DeFillipo could face up to five years in prison….