MAGA sheriff behind 'unlawful' ballot seizure demands taxpayers pay his lawyers: report

A California sheriff rebuked by the state's highest court over a sweeping election move now wants someone else to cover the fallout.Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, whose seizure of roughly 650,000 ballots was ruled "unlawful" by the California Supreme Court last month, is pushing the county to pick up the tab for his private legal defense, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.A representative for Bianco filed a claim last week seeking more than $10,000 in damages, contending the county owes him for attorneys' fees and expenses racked up across four civil cases that stemmed from his actions as sheriff.Bianco's attorney, Bradley Hertz, made clear the sheriff is prepared to escalate."If the County rejects the claim, Sheriff Bianco will have the right to sue the County for damages, which he intends to do," Hertz wrote in an email to the Times on Friday evening. He turned down a request for a...