Posted on 04/29/2023 5:12:26 PM PDT by Libloather
After a nearly two-week trial, jurors in Florida began deliberating Friday in a corruption case against former gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum.
Federal prosecutors accuse Gillum of funneling “tens of thousands of dollars in campaign money to personal accounts,” as the AP reports.
Prosecutors say “Gillum was struggling financially after quitting his $120,000-a-year job with the People for the American Way group to run for governor.”
According to prosecutors, both Gillum and his associate Sharon Lettman-Hicks “conspired to commit wire fraud, by unlawfully soliciting and obtaining funds from various entities and individuals through false and fraudulent promises and representations that the funds would be used for a legitimate purpose.”
Just five years ago, Gillum was a rising star in the Democratic Party. He was 34,000 votes shy of Ron DeSantis in the midterm election (merely .4 percentage points), triggering an automatic recount in Florida’s gubernatorial race.
The former Tallahassee mayor would have become the state’s first Black governor.
In 2022, Gillum was indicted on 21 counts, in which he was also accused of lying to the FBI.
After the indictment, Gillum stated, “I have spent the last 20 years of my life in public service and continue to fight for the people. Every campaign I’ve run has been done with integrity. Make no mistake that this case is not legal, it is political.”
“Throughout my career I have always stood up for the people of Florida and have spoken truth to power,” he continued. “There’s been a target on my back ever since I was the mayor of Tallahassee. They found nothing then, and I have full confidence that my legal team will prove my innocence now.”
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FL needs to thank their lucky stars, for Pres Trump!
Florida dodged a bullet.
(Federal prosecutors accuse Gillum of funneling “tens of thousands of dollars in campaign money to personal accounts,” as the AP reports.)
He’s a Democrat.
This is SOP for them.
For the most part Democrats, regardless of race, are not reliable or trustworthy.
“ FL needs to thank their lucky stars, for Pres Trump!”
A huge anti Trump turnout in 2018 likely made Gillum finish stronger than he should have.
Guess he was too stupid to create a charity that he and his family own and control so that his campaign can donate its left over funds too. Then the charity can pay him and his family a nice salary and cover most living expenses. Its completely legal and everyone does it... almost everyone.
“A huge anti Trump turnout in 2018 likely made Gillum finish stronger than he should have.”
Democrats put up candidates in deep red districts to draw out voters for G.
He was so bad off and treated so well that the COPS DROVE HIM HOME and DIDN'T ARREST HIM!!
TYPICAL DEMOCRAT PHONY!
Doubt that. People don’t vote ‘against’ an endorsement.
He should have set up a “foundation” like the Clinton Crime Family did for his “promises” and “representations” to donors.
Possibly. But he also may know too much of Democratic party politics to be allowed to live.
Gillum, a total scumbag,drug pooping, barfing POS? YES, Blackness!
How in hell did he get so many votes?
The democrats in Florida are piss-poor idiots.
Thankfully. there were not enough of them that time.
This is what happens when you lose. The Dems put you in prison so you can’t snitch
Next is Stacey Abrams.
“Doubt that. People don’t vote ‘against’ an endorsement.”
Obviously you weren’t in Florida in 2018!
I always read his last name Gollum.
Sure, n00b, Gary from “Dayton”.... that’s quite a twist you have your britches in, for DeSanct.
No sale.
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