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Records contradict Gillum, show undercover FBI agents gave him Hamilton tickets
The Hill ^ | 10/23/18 | MEGAN KELLER

Posted on 10/23/2018 12:23:17 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

Records show that undercover FBI agents gave Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum (Fla.) a ticket to "Hamilton" in 2016, contrary to his campaign's previous explanation.

Former lobbyist Adam Corey's lawyer, Chris Kise, released the records Tuesday, only two weeks before the gubernatorial election in which Gillum narrowly leads his opponent Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), according to RealClearPolitics.

The documents were original reported by the Tampa Bay Times and Kise forwarded them to The Hill.

Text messages between Gillum and former lobbyist Adam Corey, who set up meetings with the agents according to the Times, show Gillum knew the tickets came from "Mike Miller."

"Miller" was posing as a developer delving into city corruption, but was actually a federal agent investigating Tallahassee public corruption, the Times reports.

"Mike Miller and the crew have tickets for us for Hamilton tonight at 8 p.m.," Corey wrote to Gillum on Aug. 10, 2016.

"Awesome news about 'Hamilton,'" Gillum replied.

Kise told the Hill in a statement that the records reflect the fact that "no criminal activity took place."

But the messages contradict what Gillum's campaign said in a Sep. 4 press release, according to the Times.

His campaign explained that Gillum's brother, Marcus, gave him the ticket.

"After the trip, Mayor Gillum learned Marcus Gillum had obtained that ticket in a swap with Adam Corey for a concert ticket," the campaign said.

Gillum said in a statement forwarded to The Hill Tuesday that the records support him against allegations of corruption.

"These records vindicate and add more evidence that at every turn I was paying my own way or was with my family, for all trips, including picking up tickets from my brother, Marcus, who was with a group of his own friends," he wrote.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: adamcorey; alexanderhamilton; andrewgillum; broadway; chriskise; fbi; florida; gillum; hamilton; mikemiller; rondesantis; tallahassee
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1 posted on 10/23/2018 12:23:17 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

IMHO there was no crime because Hamilton tickets aren’t worth the paper they are printed on. You’d have to pay me $1000 to take them from you.


2 posted on 10/23/2018 12:27:55 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
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To: yesthatjallen
Records show that undercover FBI agents gave Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum (Fla.) a ticket to "Hamilton" in 2016,

But, but, but we keep hearing it is only the "very top echelon" of the FBI that is corrupt, not any of the rank & file agents.

3 posted on 10/23/2018 12:27:56 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: yesthatjallen

He’s guilty! Let him prove he is innocent, we need a few more FBI investigations.


4 posted on 10/23/2018 12:29:11 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (What is earned is treasured, what is free is worth what you paid for it.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Gillum is a dirty socialist. But does the FBI do anything except set up people?
And funny how they cannot find -anything- wrong with Hillary accepting over 100 million in bribes, but they’ll nail backwards small town socialist hick for a couple of Hamilton tickets.


5 posted on 10/23/2018 12:29:43 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: DesertRhino

bttt


6 posted on 10/23/2018 12:30:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: P-Marlowe

to slightly rephrase the liberals argument against BK; “the tickets aren’t the point, but the fact that he lied about the tickets is disqualifying.”

neat, huh?


7 posted on 10/23/2018 12:31:07 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: yesthatjallen

I don’t live in Florida, but if DeSantis can’t take care of this guy, then its on him as a candidate. Gilliam is an open wound.


8 posted on 10/23/2018 12:34:04 PM PDT by ALX
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To: yesthatjallen

Check the date. Don’t let him turn it around for his constituents by claiming he was at the show where they dissed VP Pence.


9 posted on 10/23/2018 12:34:13 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: yesthatjallen

“It’s the seriousness of the charge...” :-)


10 posted on 10/23/2018 12:44:35 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: ALX

All of DeSantis’s commercials are low-key. I keep hoping that he has an Ace in the Hole. But, he seems like he doesn’t really want the job.

To be honest, I’m a little worried about the outcome of the election.


11 posted on 10/23/2018 12:45:18 PM PDT by Capt_Hank (btu's...kcal's...to kJ's, but my activation energy is still high.)
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To: JohnBrowdie

“the tickets aren’t the point, but the fact that he lied about the tickets is disqualifying.”

Exactly!


12 posted on 10/23/2018 12:46:32 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Gillum went to see Hamilton on 10 August 2016 @ 8pm, months before they booed VP Pence on the 17 November 2016.


13 posted on 10/23/2018 12:48:48 PM PDT by Garvin (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
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To: yesthatjallen

If the current FBI investigation of him doesn’t sway those voters down in FL, this little incident isn’t going to change anything either.

There must be some kind of brain-eating bacteria in that Florida water down there for those voters to even consider electing that little gun-grabbing communist.


14 posted on 10/23/2018 12:51:28 PM PDT by ScottinVA (GOP: The party of jobs. Democrats: The party of mobs.)
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To: Garvin

Oh, well.

Thanks. I didn’t think the specific dates would be readily available. Did I skip over them in the article? Oops if so.


15 posted on 10/23/2018 12:52:03 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: Garvin

Oh, well.

Thanks. I didn’t think the specific dates would be readily available. Did I skip over them in the article? Oops if so.


16 posted on 10/23/2018 12:52:16 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: Garvin

Definitely my bad... there were the dates, right in the middle.


17 posted on 10/23/2018 12:52:50 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: Capt_Hank
To be honest, I’m a little worried about the outcome of the election.

What stuns me is THIS is the direction FL voters want to go after a highly successful, 8-year run by Rick Scott??

18 posted on 10/23/2018 12:53:35 PM PDT by ScottinVA (GOP: The party of jobs. Democrats: The party of mobs.)
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To: P-Marlowe

Lying, it is the lying.


19 posted on 10/23/2018 1:11:01 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: Capt_Hank

DeSantis is running a very incompetent campaign, almost like he wants to lose. Corrupt or otherwise, at last Gillum wants to win.


20 posted on 10/23/2018 1:12:47 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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