[apnews.com]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Andrew Gillum, the 2018 Democratic nominee for Florida governor, has been indicted on 21 federal charges including conspiracy and wire fraud for funneling donations through third parties back to himself for personal use, prosecutors said Wednesday.

The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida said Gillum, 42, is also charged with making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for claiming he didn’t receive or ask for anything from two undercover agents posing as developers. The undercover agents offered gifts and money in exchange for support for projects.

Sharon Janet Lettman-Hicks, 53 and the owner of a communications company, is a codefendant on the wire fraud charges for funneling money to Gillum in the form of paychecks, U.S. Attorney Jason R. Coody said in a statement.

Prosecutors said the pair “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.”

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We had to choose between DeSantis and Gillum. Even given all this, the voters still got it wrong.

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“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.” -- François de La Rochefoucauld

"Those who cannot accept the past are condemned to revise it." -- Geo. Mathias

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It is what it is.

That's the same guy arrested and found passed out, naked in a Miami Beach hotel room with drugs all over the room. Florida sure dodged a bullet

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Mr645
That's the same guy arrested and found passed out, naked in a Miami Beach hotel room with drugs all over the room. Florida sure dodged a bullet

Please. Another Florida resident clearly defrauded the public out of $250 million and continues to walk the streets.

Both parties are equal opportunity screw ups.

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Mr645
That's the same guy arrested and found passed out, naked in a Miami Beach hotel room with drugs all over the room. Florida sure dodged a bullet

Please. Another Florida resident clearly defrauded the public out of $250 million and continues to walk the streets.

Yep.

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Mr645
That's the same guy arrested and found passed out, naked in a Miami Beach hotel room with drugs all over the room. Florida sure dodged a bullet

We got DeSantis, we should have stepped in front of the bullet.

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“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.” -- François de La Rochefoucauld

"Those who cannot accept the past are condemned to revise it." -- Geo. Mathias

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