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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LOL....n00b FAIL!
Rats are still considering him for 2032
FTFY.
Black+democrat=corruption.
What is with all the Anti-Trump in almost every thread? If he wasn’t cheated he would still be your president, you know? You don’t really believe Biden got 85 million votes do you? And if you do believe he lost fairly, then get the hell out of here.
This story pissed me off, but I’ll give it credit for the best spin I’ve seen yet. The Essence readers will take it as a black man got punished for almost becoming governor.
Out of the 67 counties in Florida, that guy “won” only 12, heavily controlled by the democrats. The other 55 counties all went to DeSantis. Similar to the national results where 90- 95% of the land mass voted red but is often ruled by the other 5% that voted blue.
“He was 34,000 votes shy of Ron DeSantis”
Based on how DeSantis did in 2022, obviously DeSantis is FAR BETTER at governing than at campaigning...something he should think about before trying to take on Trump.
“ What is with all the Anti-Trump in almost every thread?”
Because he’s going to lose again.
“get the hell out of here”
No
Well, I can tell you one thing Gary, you’re not changing anyone’s mind about Trump here by sounding like a Dick.
What you’re doing is solidifying why we don’t want any more of your establishment Rino’s elected to anything, and that includes the phony baloney DeSantis. I mean, what’s next, are you going to be shilling for Liz Cheney?
Right, I’m a RINO now because I recognize the simple FACT that Trump can’t win.
Some of you guys are as bad as the left in your ability to reason.
Why can’t you go somewhere and work on the left then if we’re so out of touch and unable to reason here? Or do you enjoy being the on-site defeatist saying “Trump can’t win” “Trump can’t win” in every single post?
I’m not going to waste a single second trying to convince you that Trump is really our only hope here. You’re a waste of all of our time. One thing freepers here know full well are disruptors like yourself, we get them in every single election cycle and we know how to handle them. I’m only engaging you because I’ve seen enough of your crap to know you’re scared of Trump winning because you know he actually won last time, and was cheated out of his rightful presidency by a pack of leftist crooks. Same thing would happen to Ronny except he already has diminishing support even in Florida. He would do even worse than Trump.
So blather away and waste your time, you’re not changing anyone’s mind here, and I’m done addressing you. Enjoy the inevitable kittys.
“ I’m only engaging you because I’ve seen enough of your crap to know you’re scared of Trump winning ”
You’ve never been more wrong. I’m a 2x Trump voter and I’d vote for him again. But, I realize that he is toast.
As for DeSantis’ diminishing support in Florida. Only because the Trump die hards are buying in to the lies about DeSantis not being a good governor and mishandling COVID.
Sure, n00b, "Gary" from "Dayton".
There's that tired, old canned line, from the NeverTrumpers.
Curious what your previous FR name was.
LOL....see 35 :-)
“ There’s that tired, old canned line, from the NeverTrumpers.”
This is exactly why you are going to lose us this election too. You assume that every one who doesn’t want Trump to run is a leftist that is “afraid” of losing to Trump.
LOL...you didn’t address your retread status, n00b.
I never called you a ‘leftist’.
Telling, that you throw that in there, though.
Again, what was your previous FR name?
Never Trumpers ARE leftists.
Well, at least you’re being honest, about yourself.
Now....about that previous FR name..... “n00b”.
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