Prosecutors painted former Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate AndrewGillum as a greedy politician who illegally solicited campaign donations and pocketed the money to keep up his lavish lifestyle in his race against GovRonDeSantis.
Prosecutors painted former Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum as a greedy politician who illegally solicited campaign donations and pocketed the money to keep up his lavish lifestyle in his race against Gov. Ron DeSantis .
The 43-year-old, who lost the race against DeSantis in 2018, is accused of accepting $57,000 in political contributions that were funneled through the company of his longtime political adviser Sharon Lettman-Hicks and deposited into his personal piggy bank. Burnette told the undercover FBI agents posing as investors with Southern Pines Development to hire Gillum's close friend Adam Corey, a lobbyist, to introduce them to city and county commissioners.
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