has been indicted on charges of defrauding a federal coronavirus loan program for small businesses, officials said Wednesday.
Federal prosecutors said Rep. Joe Harding, 35, illegally obtained or tried to obtain more than $150,000 from the Small Business Administration inHe is being charged with two counts of wire fraud, two counts of money laundering and two counts of making false statements. Harding, a Republican, became nationally know this year over his sponsorship of a law that forbids instruction onin kindergarten through third grade, as well as material that is not deemed age-appropriate.
Harding did not immediately return an emailed request for comment. A voicemail left at his office was not immediately returned. It is unclear if he has hired a lawyer. The Republican speaker of the Florida House of Representatives has temporarily removed Harding from his committee assignments in the Legislature.
He looks nice
How ironic because covid is a fraud committed by the federal government.