Posted on 05/16/2023 7:33:07 AM PDT by CFW
Federal prosecutors are dropping corruption charges against Andrew Gillum — the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nominee who narrowly lost to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — after a jury acquitted him on one count and hung on remaining charges that he pocketed campaign cash and illegally receiving gifts, including theater tickets to "Hamilton."
Prosecutors initially said they would retry Gillum after a jury acquitted him on one count of lying to the FBI but failed to reach a verdict on 17 counts of wire fraud and a wire fraud conspiracy count at the conclusion of his May 4 trial. However, on Monday, the prosecution filed a one-paragraph motion that asked a judge to dismiss the remaining charges against Gillum and his co-defendant, Sharon Lettman-HIcks.
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Good for Gillum. Maybe Trump will find a place for him in his efforts to be back in the White House.
Just to piss off DeSantis.
Differing set of standards for knob gobblers and blacks...SMH...
SSDD.
If he accepted the tickets, he's guilty of Aggravated Bad Taste, and Racial Idiocy in the First Degree.
Hang him.
Because Trump is all about communist corrupt demonicRATs.
To be fair, this was about the illegal campaign contributions and theft of money by Gillum.
I do not remember if he was ever convicted of anything when his dating life was exposed.
Well that’s funny seeing as the only reason desanctomonious beat him is because of Trumps support.
No information about the drugs, or that he was naked in the hotel room ?
Sounds like the DemoncRATic wing of the DOJ wants to run him him again, politcally
Of course they do. They are looking for mini-me versions of Barack Obama, the recent Most Winningest Black Candidate Ever. Gilliam is one, Hakeem Jeffries is another.
Actually went to see Hamilton in New York City with my daughter, right before COVID hit. I was 100% sure it would suck but it was incredibly well done and I would definitely see it again.
I can understand the acquittal on the charge of ‘lying to the FBI’ since they are the only LEOs I’m aware of that do not actually record interviews, but rather rely on agents’ ‘notes’ of the interview. That alone would induce ‘reasonable doubt’ for me at least.
But I’d think that evidence of ‘wire fraud’ would be pretty cut and dried. For the jury to be ‘hung’ on all 17 counts tells me either the prosecution was less than complete or that the jury had some members who refused to convict Gillum for one or more reasons that had nothing to do with the charges.
Wasn’t he in possession of crack? Cocaine at that gay party where a guy died?
Naked and passed out covered in his own and his male whore’s body fluids (blood, semen, used condoms covered in fecal matter- all photographs were put on the local internet in Miami). Gillum is a Gollum, pure and simple- and NO amount of acquittals will correct this fact. A criminal socio-and possible psychopath. And yes—Trump people in FL made sure Gillum lost to DeSantis. Something Ron should re-examine. Trump and Ron are unstoppable as a team, as long a Ron rejects Karl Rove and the remnants of the FL JEB!/Charlie Crist RINO/fag alliance machine. The office seekers of the FL gubmint machine.
Gillum’s misconduct was part of wide scale dishonesty in local government circles in the city of Tallahassee and Leon County. A handful of other officials and political figures were convicted, but Gillum has now walked because of support from the Black community and a lack of belief in the honesty of the FBI when the case went to trial.
But they’ll persecute George Santos
Oh well.
I guess having homosexual sex on cocaine and liquor (passed out with two guys) really doesn’t matter anymore.
To. 56mm
And, meanwhile the J6 political prisoners are rotting in jail.
The creep has a D by his name..
Who is the Mayor of Jacksonville now, Joe?
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