SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio (WJW) – A former local attorney will be sentenced after being found guilty on two counts of illegal voting.
Prosecutors say former licensed attorney James Saunders, 56, voted twice in Ohio and Florida for the 2020 and 2022 general elections.
According to the indictment, in 2020, he voted in person in Ohio and Florida. In 2022, he voted in person in Ohio and by mail in Florida.
According to federal election commission documents, Saunders had made several small donations to Donald Trump’s campaigns and other Republican organizations.
Saunders was found guilty in court on Tuesday, August 22.
Saunders is scheduled for sentencing on August 28 at 10 a.m.