cause Estes and Sopos defense attorneys have agreed to a limitations-statute extension, in a bid to try to talk the prosecution out of charging their clients with anything. The defense has maintained the aides were unwitting participants duped by Jeffrey Garcia, no relation to the congressman.
indicated they could charge Estes, 27, and Sopo, 31, with misdemeanors for soliciting others Estes brother and Sopos sister and cousin to submit ballot requests on behalf of voters. Jeffrey Garcia pleaded guilty to three of those misdemeanor charges, and to a more serious felony charge.
The freshman congressman counters his campaign took swift action by firing Jeffrey Garcia and cooperating with prosecutors. At Tuesdays debate, Joe Garcia accused Curbelo of running a defamation and misinformation campaign.