Federal subpoena demands records on Andrew Gillum and his campaign for governor

Andrew Gillum is a focal point of a recently issued federal grand jury subpoena that demands information on the former Democratic candidate for governor, his campaign, his political committee, a wealthy donor, a charity he worked for and a former employer.

The subpoena, obtained by the Tampa Bay Times and previously unreported, could reflect a new level of federal inquiry into Gillum, the former mayor of Tallahassee who narrowly lost to Republican Ron DeSantis last year.

Throughout his campaign last year, Gillum insisted he was not a target of a sprawling FBI investigation of Tallahassee City Hall, which has taken at least three years and resulted in three arrests. Last year, he told the Tallahassee Democrat: “Twenty-plus subpoenas have been issued and not one of them has anything to do with me.”

But the recent one does. Previously, the investigation had centered on corruption inside Tallahassee government, including during Gillum’s time as mayor. The newer subpoena is more focused on Gillum’s 2018 campaign and people and organizations with clear ties to him, but with less obvious connections to Tallahassee City Hall.

How many voters did Gillum (and Snipes) register at his infamous Jennings Street address......who are ALREADY REGISTERED at another address.

FYI---A morass of addresses, interconnections, swaps and deals raising questions about Mayor Gillum’s alliances. Gillum's first win was in 2003 and he became mayor in 2014; under Blessed Obama he was NEVER a target of FBI inquiry.

<><> 52 LLCs list the Jennings Street address, many of which have donated to state and local Democrats including Sunnyland Solar, connected to a city-subsidized liberal-loving clean energy project now under FBI scrutiny. Mayor Gillum voted in 2011 to give Sunnyland Solar up to $5.4 million in tax subsidies.

<><>local businessman J.T. Burnette, a major Gillum backer who in 2014 received $883,000 in city tax subsidies for developing a downtown hotel. Gillum declined to comment. Burnette become a major political player by taking advantage of the LLC loophole. Florida is one of several states that allows LLC's – even if they have the same ownership — to contribute as separate individuals, permitted to give the maximum amount of $1,000 from each "subsidiary."

KaiserKane, named in the FBI subpoena, actually bought the Jennings Street property in 2013 for $1.15 million, records show. The building was sold in 2016 to 311 Jennings LLC, a company that lists Burnette’s home as its corporate address. The Jennings building was sold again in March 2017 to the PACE Center for Girls, a Jacksonville-based nonprofit.

<><>KaiserKane still uses the address for its Tallahassee office on its website “contact” page. Cynthia Montgomery, a lawyer representing PACE, said her client is the lone occupant of the 12,000-square-foot building. KaiserKane President Melissa Oglesby did not return a call.

<><> Significantly Mayor Gillum’s campaign was operating out of 1550 Melvin St, owned by longtime confidante Sharon Lettman-Hicks....the same building he has worked out of in his side gigs, first as director of youth leadership for the advocacy group People for the American Way, then for Lettman-Hicks’ P & P Communications, where Gillum was VP. Just what Gillum did for P & P, though, is not known. The company has no website, no dedicated phone line and has not formally disclosed its clients.

<><> The Melvin building was bought with funding from the NW Florida Black Business Investment Corporation, a tax-exempt group that provides (wait for it) "investment funding." Two of the investment corporation directors are part of a group that in July received $281,000 in Tallahassee community development tax dollars for exclusive rights to a development project in the city. (hat tip RealClearInvestigations)

TO BE DETERMINED: How many Gillum's gubernatorial voters are registered at that address AND at other addresses.
and how many of Gillum's “ladies” are living at that address?

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