Republican lawmaker behind Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law charged with fraud and money laundering

Florida Rep. Joseph Harding made his name as a conservative lawmaker by authoring and sponsoring Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law, which prohibits discussion of sexuality or gender in the state's elementary schools. Harding, prosecutors now say, is a crook: a fraudster and money launderer who stole thousands in Covid relief funds. — Read the rest