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TALLAHASSEE – A federal grand jury has issued a subpoena to Andrew Gillum, the former Democratic gubernatorial candidate, and his campaign, according to a report from the Tampa Bay Times.

The Times obtained a copy of the subpoena issued to Gillum, which asked for information on: John Jackson, president and CEO of the Massachusetts-based Schott Foundation for Public Education, where Gillum was a board member until 2017; Opportunity to Learn Action Fund, where Gillum was president until at least 2017; Donald Sussman, who donated $1.5 million to Gillum’s campaign; and Sharon Lettman-Hicks, CEO of the National Black Justice Commission, a black LGBTQ advocacy group.

“We stand ready to assist any future review of our work because I am confident we always did the right thing and complied fully with the law,” Gillum said.

Grand jury investigations are secret, so the Times was not provided any details about what the grand jury might be investigating. The FBI would not comment.

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Originally posted by Lynn Dee:
Will he comply, I wonder? Or will he have some glam shots taken, sink into the malaise of an existential dilemma, and be interviewed by Maggie Haberman of the New York Times?

Oh, wait. That's just for Trumpers. Never mind.

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Originally posted by Holy Bhagworm:
All law has been suspended because of trump.

HB

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Andrew Gillum started a business earlier this year with the same political adviser now embroiled with the former Democratic nominee for governor in an expansive federal investigation.

Sharon Lettman-Hicks is part of CJD Group, LLC., a consultant company Gillum registered Jan. 25. Two months later, federal authorities demanded records on Gillum and Lettman-Hicks in a grand jury subpoena that included several other entities related to the two long-time friends.

Gillum’s business launched after 15 years as an elected official in Tallahassee, the last few clouded by an FBI probe into city hall and capped by an agonizing defeat in November to Republican Ron DeSantis.

Yet rather than a fresh start with a new business, the subpoena is another example of how Gillum has been unable to escape the tentacles of a federal probe that dogged his gubernatorial campaign and now threatens his future political aspirations.

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Originally posted by Dixie Chick:
Rick Scott Oversaw The Largest Medicare Fraud In The Nation’s History

“Mostly True”... Politifact

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Originally posted by True Conservative:

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Originally posted by Dixie Chick:
Rick Scott Oversaw The Largest Medicare Fraud In The Nation’s History

“Mostly True”... Politifact

Do as I say, Not as I do!

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• Columbia billed Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal programs for tests that were not necessary or had not been ordered by physicians;

• The company attached false diagnosis codes to patient records to increase reimbursement to the hospitals;

• The company illegally claimed non-reimbursable marketing and advertising costs as community education;

• Columbia billed the government for home health care visits for patients who did not qualify to receive them.

The government settled a second series of similar claims with Columbia/HCA in 2002 for an additional $881 million. The total for the two fines was $1.7 billion.

On Scott’s 2010 campaign website, he admitted to the $1.7 billion fine, though the link is no longer on the site.

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Originally posted by True Conservative:
I'm just happy as hell that Ron DeSantis is Governor of Florida!

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Originally posted by True Conservative:
And I was very pleased with the Conservatives that DeSantis appointed to the Florida Supreme Court.

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Originally posted by Dixie Chick:
I am extremely pleased I don’t live in Florida.

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Originally posted by Dixie Chick:
I am extremely pleased I don’t live in Florida.

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Shining star: Despite being the focal point of a federal grand jury subpoena, Andrew Gillum is still the leading man for Florida Democrats.

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Originally posted by True Conservative:

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Originally posted by Dixie Chick:
I am extremely pleased I don’t live in Florida.

We already have enough Liberals here.